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Hark,” he said, his tone very dry. “What stone through yonder window breaks?” Kami yelled up at him, “It is the east, and Juliet is a jerk!” Jared abandoned Shakespeare and demanded, “What do you think you’re doing?” “Throwing a pebble,” said Kami defensively. “Uh… and I’ll pay for the window.” Jared vanished and Kami was ready to start shouting again, when he reemerged with the pebble clenched in his fist. “This isn’t a pebble! This is a rock.” “It’s possible that your behaviour has inspired some negative feelings that caused me to pick a slightly overlarge pebble,” Kami admitted.
Sarah Rees Brennan (Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy, #1))
Truth is not a reward for good behaviour, nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about. It is the primary, the unborn, the ancient source of all that is. You are eligible because you are. You need not merit truth. It is your own....Stand still, be quiet.
Nisargadatta Maharaj (I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj)
There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it.
Germany Kent
Self-leaders are still true leaders even if they have no known followers. True leaders inspire by the influence of their characters and general self-made brands. Leadership is defined by the virtues of one's behaviour.
Israelmore Ayivor
Don't behave like your heart and mind are strangers to you; they are yours, don't depend on others to understand them, you got to understand them.
Amit Kalantri
Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted.
Germany Kent (You Are What You Tweet: Harness the Power of Twitter to Create a Happier, Healthier Life)
Our life stories are largely constructed and without mindfulness can prove destructive.
Rasheed Ogunlaru
Self-leaders do not look for followers because they are busily pursuing their influencial dreams that followers will trace and ask for. Followers look for influence and that can be obtained from self-leaders.
Israelmore Ayivor
When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.
Biz Stone (Things a Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of the Creative Mind)
Victimhood gives us great moral superiority and entitles us to unquestioning sympathy while exempting us from examining any single one of our actions. A victim is utterly devoid of responsibility or blame. This of course leaves us vulnerable as we will carry on engaging in precisely the behaviour which provoked an unacceptable response.
Belinda Brown
When people support you when you have done something wrong. It doesnt mean you are right, but it means those people are promoting their hate , bad behavior or living their bad lives through you.
D.J. Kyos
Be like a snake. Be nice to everyone, unless someone steps on you.
Taylor Swift
You can be in your room and lead people. Just develop your potentials and publicize them and you will see people looking for your product. That is influence; self-made leaders do not look for followers. Followers look for them.
Israelmore Ayivor
I was born free, and that I might live in freedom I chose the solitude of the fields; in the trees of the mountains I find society, the clear waters of the brooks are my mirrors, and to the trees and waters I make known my thoughts and charms. I am a fire afar off, a sword laid aside. Those whom I have inspired with love by letting them see me, I have by words undeceived, and if their longings live on hope—and I have given none to Chrysostom or to any other—it cannot justly be said that the death of any is my doing, for it was rather his own obstinacy than my cruelty that killed him; and if it be made a charge against me that his wishes were honourable, and that therefore I was bound to yield to them, I answer that when on this very spot where now his grave is made he declared to me his purity of purpose, I told him that mine was to live in perpetual solitude, and that the earth alone should enjoy the fruits of my retirement and the spoils of my beauty; and if, after this open avowal, he chose to persist against hope and steer against the wind, what wonder is it that he should sink in the depths of his infatuation? If I had encouraged him, I should be false; if I had gratified him, I should have acted against my own better resolution and purpose. He was persistent in spite of warning, he despaired without being hated. Bethink you now if it be reasonable that his suffering should be laid to my charge. Let him who has been deceived complain, let him give way to despair whose encouraged hopes have proved vain, let him flatter himself whom I shall entice, let him boast whom I shall receive; but let not him call me cruel or homicide to whom I make no promise, upon whom I practise no deception, whom I neither entice nor receive. It has not been so far the will of Heaven that I should love by fate, and to expect me to love by choice is idle. Let this general declaration serve for each of my suitors on his own account, and let it be understood from this time forth that if anyone dies for me it is not of jealousy or misery he dies, for she who loves no one can give no cause for jealousy to any, and candour is not to be confounded with scorn. Let him who calls me wild beast and basilisk, leave me alone as something noxious and evil; let him who calls me ungrateful, withhold his service; who calls me wayward, seek not my acquaintance; who calls me cruel, pursue me not; for this wild beast, this basilisk, this ungrateful, cruel, wayward being has no kind of desire to seek, serve, know, or follow them. If Chrysostom's impatience and violent passion killed him, why should my modest behaviour and circumspection be blamed? If I preserve my purity in the society of the trees, why should he who would have me preserve it among men, seek to rob me of it? I have, as you know, wealth of my own, and I covet not that of others; my taste is for freedom, and I have no relish for constraint; I neither love nor hate anyone; I do not deceive this one or court that, or trifle with one or play with another. The modest converse of the shepherd girls of these hamlets and the care of my goats are my recreations; my desires are bounded by these mountains, and if they ever wander hence it is to contemplate the beauty of the heavens, steps by which the soul travels to its primeval abode.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Don Quixote)
I arise to face my failures every morning, but I never fail to face them.
Gino Norris (Stress Diary Journal)
Use social media for good and lift others up, not tear them down. Stay on the high road. Keep your peace.
Germany Kent
Take care of your manners as seriously as your money.
Amit Kalantri
When you are stressed on mind...to pour it out, is the behaviour, most kind!
Sujit Lalwani (Life Simplified!)
The deeds of the light are goodness, righteousness and faithfulness
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
Character is just an invention, but it's an invention that serves as both reason and justification for our behaviour. - Broken Verses
Kamila Shamsie
The behaviour and attitude of another person's towards you reflect their state of inner self and mindset.
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
Our life stories are at one and the same time reality, fallacy and fantasy...
Rasheed Ogunlaru
Mirror reflects your outer beauty; behaviour reflects your inner beauty.
Vinita Kinra
Let your personality be your profit and not your punishment.
Amit Kalantri
A “self-leader” is the positively influence you have on yourself and on others without any influence with your titles and positions. You must be able to lead yourself before you can lead others.
Israelmore Ayivor
He winced at her efforts to mollify him. Why didn't she say she was disgusted with his behaviour, with his long absence, his infrequent superficial letters? And if she did say it - would he defend himself? Would he give reasons, try to explain how meaningless every endeavour seemed to him? No. For then she would start crying again, he would tell her to stop being silly, she would ask for details, and he would tell her to mind her own business.
Rohinton Mistry (A Fine Balance)
Resentment leads to rude behaviour.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Funny how money speaks even more loudly than morals in this beautiful, superficial material world.
Rasheed Ogunlaru
Be assertive, in speech and in conduct.
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
Education makes your maths better, not necessarily your manners.
Amit Kalantri (Wealth of Words)
We Can See The Whole World Around Us Change When We Choose To Replace Fear With Gratitude And Depression With Appreciation”.
Venugopal Acharya
Men and boys are constantly portrayed as predatory, sexist, their sense of humour is vilified and their behaviour is regarded as unacceptable. Factor in the constant diet we are fed of men as perpetrators of rape, murder and domestic violence. Boys must wonder whether they will ever be able to do anything right. This must make it painfully difficult for young men and women to build up relations based on honesty, love and trust.
Belinda Brown
We have gone sick by following a path of untrammelled rationalism, male dominance, attention to the visible surface of things, practicality, bottom-line-ism. We have gone very, very sick. And the body politic, like any body, when it feels itself to be sick, it begins to produce antibodies, or strategies for overcoming the condition of dis-ease. And the 20th century is an enormous effort at self-healing. Phenomena as diverse as surrealism, body piercing, psychedelic drug use, sexual permissiveness, jazz, experimental dance, rave culture, tattooing, the list is endless. What do all these things have in common? They represent various styles of rejection of linear values. The society is trying to cure itself by an archaic revival, by a reversion to archaic values. So when I see people manifesting sexual ambiguity, or scarifying themselves, or showing a lot of flesh, or dancing to syncopated music, or getting loaded, or violating ordinary canons of sexual behaviour, I applaud all of this; because it's an impulse to return to what is felt by the body -- what is authentic, what is archaic -- and when you tease apart these archaic impulses, at the very centre of all these impulses is the desire to return to a world of magical empowerment of feeling. And at the centre of that impulse is the shaman: stoned, intoxicated on plants, speaking with the spirit helpers, dancing in the moonlight, and vivifying and invoking a world of conscious, living mystery. That's what the world is. The world is not an unsolved problem for scientists or sociologists. The world is a living mystery: our birth, our death, our being in the moment -- these are mysteries. They are doorways opening on to unimaginable vistas of self-exploration, empowerment and hope for the human enterprise. And our culture has killed that, taken it away from us, made us consumers of shoddy products and shoddier ideals. We have to get away from that; and the way to get away from it is by a return to the authentic experience of the body -- and that means sexually empowering ourselves, and it means getting loaded, exploring the mind as a tool for personal and social transformation. The hour is late; the clock is ticking; we will be judged very harshly if we fumble the ball. We are the inheritors of millions and millions of years of successfully lived lives and successful adaptations to changing conditions in the natural world. Now the challenge passes to us, the living, that the yet-to-be-born may have a place to put their feet and a sky to walk under; and that's what the psychedelic experience is about, is caring for, empowering, and building a future that honours the past, honours the planet and honours the power of the human imagination. There is nothing as powerful, as capable of transforming itself and the planet, as the human imagination. Let's not sell it straight. Let's not whore ourselves to nitwit ideologies. Let's not give our control over to the least among us. Rather, you know, claim your place in the sun and go forward into the light. The tools are there; the path is known; you simply have to turn your back on a culture that has gone sterile and dead, and get with the programme of a living world and a re-empowerment of the imagination. Thank you very, very much.
Terence McKenna (The Archaic Revival)
Self-awareness is developed through practices in focusing your attention on the details of your personality and behaviour.
Dee Waldeck
Nobody's better than you and you're no better than anybody.
Mary Mihalic (Made to Make It)
Nothing inspires me greater than the silly behaviour and crazy ideas of my best friends...
Mykyta Isagulov
Be Simple Not Naive”.
Venugopal Acharya
The world needs more love and Twitter just figured out a way to send 'hearts all over the world'.
Germany Kent
The Small Daily Dose Of Your Actions And Decisions Determines Your Character And Personality”.
Venugopal Acharya
To Gain Knowledge One Has To Study Or Hear, But To Gain Wisdom One Has To Observe”.
Venugopal Acharya
To Win Trust Is Bigger Than To Get Love”.
Venugopal Acharya
We Judge Others By Their Actions, Not Intentions. But We Expect Them To Judge Us By Our Intentions, Not Actions”.
Venugopal Acharya
It’s Much Better To Be Driven By An Inner Sense Of Purpose Than By The Outer Flashy Success”.
Venugopal Acharya
One Thing You Can’t Hide-Is When You’re Crippled Inside”.
Venugopal Acharya
The Struggle To Live What You Are Not Is Not Only Exhausting Physically And Mentally, But Also Disconnects Us From Our True Selves”.
Venugopal Acharya
Conflict Of Expectation Is The Seed Of Misery In Relationships”.
Venugopal Acharya
Until you are aware in the moment of your thoughts, emotions, words, and behaviour, you will have difficulty making changes in the direction of your life.
Dee Waldeck
Unity is not a myth. It's a progressive action.
Mitta Xinindlu
Don’t Lament For What You Couldn’t Do. Instead, Celebrate With Gratitude, For What You Could”.
Venugopal Acharya
Change is supremely inconvenient, uncomfortable and naturally scary. Yet we only move through life through the process of change, reinvention and renewal, and so bravery is our quintessential rebel for pushing us past our own limiting beliefs and behaviours. Bravery is feeling the fear, immersing yourself into it and through it so you can come out the other side.
Christine Evangelou (Rocks Into Roses: Life Lessons and Inspiration for Personal Growth)
Haydon was more than his model, he was his inspiration, the torch-bearer of a certain kind of English calling which - for the very reason that it was vague and understated and elusive - had made sense of Guillam's life till now.
John le Carré (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
Judah had failed to grasp that God’s loyalty to his own character, and therefore to his own creatures, has serious implications. Some of Judah’s leaders had fallen into thinking that, because their nation had been chosen to play a special role for God in history, it did not really matter how the leaders or the nation behaved. This was dangerously irresponsible and undermined the moral fibre of the people, because it led to the rationalization of corrupt and immoral behaviour that was incompatible with the law of God, albeit widely practised in the surrounding nations.
John C. Lennox (Against the Flow: The inspiration of Daniel in an age of relativism)
There is ONE difference between a successful and unsuccessful people. There is ONE difference between happy and unhappy people. There is ONE difference between wise and unwise people. There is ONE difference between achievers and non-achievers. And that ONE difference is the BEHAVIOUR of an individual. It is neither your education nor your wealth or social status but your BEHAVIOUR that decides your happiness, success and wisdom. Mind your behaviour and it will take care of everything else.
Sanjeev Himachali
You Learn Life-Skills By Daily Application Of Timeless Principles, And Not By Other’s Adventures”.
Venugopal Acharya
Our Feelings Are Result Of Some Needs That Are Either Met Or Unmet”.
Venugopal Acharya
If We Consciously Think Positive, Express Gratitude And Keep Out Negative Thoughts, We’d Always Feel Happy”.
Venugopal Acharya
In Every Relationship There Should Not Be Only Sweet Talks But Timely Feedback As Well”.
Venugopal Acharya
You don't have to change yourself to be in a group, or for it to accept you. If you have to change yourself for its acceptance, then it's not worth your efforts.
Mitta Xinindlu
There is always going to be a reason to get irritated by people's behaviour but if you find a reason not to, then you are one step closer to tranquility.
Ojingiri Hannah
Teach your little ones about the rules of decent behaviour. When they grow up, it will be too late to learn.
Eraldo Banovac
We're shameless in overlooking our own faults, but graceless in letting go another's.
Fakeer Ishavardas
To live without any regret is to act right.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Belief influences behaviour.
Lailah Gifty Akita
When insecurity starts to rub off on you, you begin to lose a sense of belonging.
Chinonye J. Chidolue
Great stories changed our heart and penetrated our soul.
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
The truth is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it".
Venugopal Acharya
It's not that I dislike you; it's only that in your presence I can't like myself.
Ramesh Sood
If arguing was a sport, I would love to lose it every time to win friends.
Sukant Ratnakar (Quantraz)
May all people from every nation, find power of God’s grace.
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
Our sacred character develops, when we connect to source of life, the Creator.
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
None can predict one's real nature when everything goes in a perfect way.
Giridhar Alwar (My Quest For Happy Life)
All sorts of behaviour can be inspired by self-hatred. You can become an artist. Commit suicide. Adopt a new name, a new country, a new language. All of the above (Romain Gary).
Nancy Huston (Losing North: Essays on Cultural Exile)
May the might power of the Holy Spirit renew our thoughts and attitudes.
Lailah Gifty Akita (Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind)
Looking At The Temporary Situations, We Make Permanent Decisions”!
Venugopal Acharya
Often What Comes As Free, Targets Your Choice And Freedom-The Aim Is Not To Get Your Money But You”.
Venugopal Acharya
To Provide Care And Empathy, You Also Need To Receive Care”.
Venugopal Acharya
God Is Never In Hurry, But He Is Always On Time”.
Venugopal Acharya
Honesty Means To Know Where You Are But Not To Remain Where You Are!
Venugopal Acharya
In order to grow, we need to know ourselves. To understand what triggers certain behaviour, we need to identify the root cause.
Adiela Akoo (Lost in a Quatrain)
Let’s Choose To Accept Whatever Comes Each Day And Meet That Situation With Our Best Self Of That Moment”.
Venugopal Acharya
Suffering Never Comes From A Joyful Heart. It Only Comes From The Space Of Suffering”.
Venugopal Acharya
Leadership Is All About Character And Inspiration, And Not Position And Manipulation”.
Venugopal Acharya
One Reason Why Many People Suffer In Relationships Is Because They Unrealistically Expect Themselves And The Others To Be Perfect”.
Venugopal Acharya
The Richness Of A Life Centered On Principles And Prayers Help Us Connect To God And His Love”.
Venugopal Acharya
Awareness Is The First Critical Step To Release Yourself From The Slavery Of The Mind”.
Venugopal Acharya
Encouraging Others Is The Best Gift You Can Give To Yourself”.
Venugopal Acharya
Pausing To Breathe Slows You Down Physically, Calms You Mentally And Rejuvenates You Spiritually”.
Venugopal Acharya
Integrity Means To Do What You Say And Honesty Is To Say What You Do”.
Venugopal Acharya
Leadership Is About Care, Not Scare, It’s About Giving, Not Taking”.
Venugopal Acharya
God Sees The Future And Arranges Our Present While We See The Present And Plan Our Future”.
Venugopal Acharya
Humility Makes The Heart Soft And That’s When The Seed Of Love Grows Luxuriantly”.
Venugopal Acharya
One Of The Most Agonizing Human Pains Is Sense Of Unworthiness”.
Venugopal Acharya
An Effective Leader Seeks To Understand And Address The Needs Of His Team Before Seeking The Fulfillment Of His Own Needs”.
Venugopal Acharya
Take care of your words, and see how they’ll take care of you.
Ali Khaheshi (HAPPY LIVING: A guide to understand yourself and your behaviours)
One May Think That Freedom From All Rules And Obligations Is Liberating, But When We Balance Our Lives With Right Kind Of Activities And Restrictions, We Could Fly Higher”.
Venugopal Acharya
Connecting To Your Vision Will Make You More Resolute And Thus Help You Take Charge Of Your Situation".
Venugopal Acharya (Mind Your Mind - Three Principles for Happy Living)
Unfortunately, We Prefer Not To Understand Others Because We Live In The Illusion That We Know Them”.
Venugopal Acharya
Without Honesty, Our Hearts Would Be Empty But Still Heavy. With Honesty The Heart Becomes Filled With Rich Love, But Surprisingly It Still Remains Light”.
Venugopal Acharya
The Quicksand Of Our Worries can suck us all into it".
Venugopal Acharya
You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behaviours than from hearing surprising facts from the behaviour of others
Daniel Kahneman (Thinking, Fast and Slow)
It's In Applying, Even If Little, That Knowledge Becomes Realization".
Venugopal Acharya
If you are a male and you've never worn a dress in your entire life, are you really free ?
Mitta Xinindlu
It is equally natural for us to see the man who helps us without seeing Christ behind him. But we must not remain babies. We must go on to recognize the real Giver. It is madness not to. Because, if we do not, we shall be relying on human beings. And that is going to let us down. The best of them will make mistakes; all of them will die. We must be thankful to all the people who have helped us,we must honor them and love them. But never, never pin your whole faith on any human being; not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.
C.S. Lewis (MERE CHRISTIANITY (Including The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour and Beyond Personality): A Classic of Christian Apologetics and One of the Most Influential Books amongst Evangelicals)
Human Society Has Made Incredible Strides In Science And Technology Yet In Spite Of What Appears An Unstoppable Success March, A Small Poisonous Arrow Of Time-Wasting Obsession Could Be Our Weakness, Our Downfall”.
Venugopal Acharya
The moment you become aware of your automatic behaviours, judging and expecting another human being to live and behave within the stereotypical gender boxes, you cannot go back to being unconscious. This is when you know you are changing
Runa Magnusdottir (The Story of Boxes, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Secret to Human Liberation, Peace and Happiness)
If You Feel Miserable In Life, Don’t Be An Escapist By Sulking On The Barrage Of Videos And Action On Your Mobile Screen. Pause! Relax, Breathe, Spend Time With Family And Friends And Then Get Courageous And Face Your Situation Bravely”.
Venugopal Acharya
Your words may be heard but your attitude will be felt. Your attitude reveals your character so never try to deceive anyone with mere words. Word/Talk is cheap but character is key. It costs nothing to be authentic. Learn to be a man or woman of substance!
Kemi Sogunle
The term '20/20 vision' implies good if not perfect sight. May the advent of 2020 - a new year, a new decade - see a lifting of the fog which has recently blurred the edges of what can be described as 'acceptable political discourse', and in the process refocus voter attention on the clear need to demand from elected representatives, a display of basic decency and decorum in public life - both of which have been seriously lacking in the behaviour of some high profile politicians on both sides of the pond, on an eye-watering number of occasions. That indeed would be a sight for sore eyes.
Alex Morritt (Impromptu Scribe)
Please don't be that person which makes everyone unhappy with their actions Your behaviour makes you feel great Or perhaps it gives you some kind of power But that power is only in your mind In reality your destructive and disregarding behaviour is causing others to be miserable So please don't be that person
Kabashe Pillay
The most significant role of a leader is to make the invisible clearly visible. Inspiration is invisible but inspired action is visible. Truth is invisible but trustworthy behaviour is visible. A leader has to constantly cross the bridge between what is unseen and that which is seen in order to connect with his followers.
Debashis Chatterjee (Timeless Leadership: 18 Leadership Sutras from the Bhagvad Gita)
I got interested in the idea that love is often used as a kind of blanket explanation for things. I mean, battered wives, for instance: "Why did you go back to him?" "Oh, I loved him." "Why did you embezzle fifteen million pounds and run away to the other side of the world?" "Oh, well, because I was in love." All that and then you don't ask anything else. I thought if I just say, these people needed love and they found it, then it kind of explained it away. I wanted to look at their behaviour and how love can inspire the best and the very worst in human behaviour but love itself is not behaviour. So I avoided the word 'love' until the very end and it's the last word in the novel. I wanted to explore what people will do when they're in such terrible need of love. If there was a big idea then that was it. Then, of course, I hope that if it's a story worth reading it's the characters themselves who make you want to read it, not the big idea. I don't think a big idea drives a novel usually. Something else has to engage you on a much more kind of personal level.
Morag Joss
You have to be determined on your quest for the fulfilment you need, and while you struggle, living and searching, carry a determined face, heart and spirit more than your inner perseverance. When you're earnestly searching for a job or something valuable in thriving on this life, let determination be your mindset. Have that creativity, resourceful spirit, inquisitive behaviour and resilience matching your gut to succeed in your search.
Angelica Hopes (Landscapes of a Heart, Whispers of a Soul (Speranza Odyssey Trilogy, #1))
Thomas Hobbes said that man is a wolve for anothe one. It seems to me that this became the basic foundation ideology for the Marxians. Though, it seems also inspired in Max Weber's ides, but actually, Weber reject it. According Stjerno, who quote Weber's idea about man (2005, p. 37), that for Weber, action is social when the individual gives it a subjective meaning that takes account of the behaviour of other and lets his ouw course of action, (Weber; 1978 (1922). Social relationship,said Weber, developed when many actors took into account of the hehaviour of the actions of others. A relationship is symmetrical when each actor gives it the same meaning. However, complet symmetry, Weber maintained, Stjerno added, was rare. Generally, the parts of a social relationship orient their actions on a rational basis,zweckrational - goal-oriented, but in part; they are also motivated by their values and sense of duty,(Stjerno, Steinar: 2005)
Steinar Stjernø (Solidarity in Europe: The History of an Idea)
mentioned earlier in this book that there are five main reasons why human behaviour often departs from what we think of as conventional rationality. The first of these is signalling, the need to send reliable indications of commitment and intent, which can inspire confidence and trust. Cooperation is impossible unless a mechanism is in place to prevent deception and cheating; some degree of efficiency often needs to be sacrificed in order to convey trustworthiness or to build a reputation.
Rory Sutherland (Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life)
I wonder if, in some way, our relationship was predestined from the start; if the reason we stayed together was precisely because that, in me, Paul had found someone who not only lacked that vital strength-giving security (which might have enabled me to leave him early on), but who had no yardstick with which to measure ‘normal’. And that was me. I’d had a strange, loveless, isolated childhood. I lost my mother early on, and of all the essentials I lacked growing up perhaps the most damaging in terms of my relationship choices was that I had no real concept of what constituted ‘normal’ behaviour.
Vikie shanks (Unravelled: The inspirational true story of a journey out of darkness)
We live in a world where we have to sacrifice our comfort for the sake of others. Where we have to go an extra mile to meet others' needs. Where we have to dig deep in our resources to please others. I have gone out of my comfort zone for some people. Some people have gone out of their comfort zone for me. And I'm grateful. It's life. It's a common thing. There is no right or wrong to this behaviour. We do it because either we want to or that we must. By the way, our self-sacrificing service can be unhealthy to us. Some people burn themselves down trying to keep others warm. Some break their backs trying to carry the whole world. Some break their bones trying to bend backwards for their loved ones. All these sacrifices are, sometimes, not appreciated. Usually we don't thank the people who go out of their comfort zone to make us feel comfortable. Again, although it's not okay, it's a common thing. It's another side of life. To be fair, we must get in touch with our humanity and show gratitude for these sacrifices. We owe it to so many people. And sometimes we don't even realise it. Thanks be to God for forgiving our sins — which we repeat. Thanks to our world leaders and the activists for the work that they do to make our economic life better. Thanks to our teachers, lecturers, mentors, and role models for shaping our lives. Thanks to our parents for their continual sacrifices. Thanks to our friends for their solid support. Thanks to our children, nephews, and nieces. They allow us to practise discipline and leadership on them. Thanks to the doctors and nurses who save our lives daily. Thanks to safety professionals and legal representatives. They protect us and our possessions. Thanks to our church leaders, spiritual gurus and guides, and meditation partners. They shape our spiritual lives. Thanks to musicians, actors, writers, poets, and sportspeople for their entertainment. Thanks to everyone who contributes in a positive way to our society. Whether recognised or not. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
Mitta Xinindlu
The difference between passion and addiction is that between a divine spark and a flame that incinerates. [..] Passion is divine fire: it enlivens and makes holy; it gives light and yields inspiration. Passion is generous because it’s not ego-driven; addiction is self-centred. Passion gives and enriches; addiction is a thief. Passion is a source of truth and enlightenment; addictive behaviours lead you into darkness. You’re more alive when you are passionate, and you triumph whether or not you attain your goal. But an addiction requires a specific outcome that feeds the ego; without that outcome, the ego feels empty and deprived. A consuming passion that you are helpless to resist, no matter what the consequences, is an addiction.
Gabor Maté (In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction)
The trick, apparently, is to not even attempt to resist behaviours that you want to change. Instead, notice the urge, and then put a different behaviour there in response to it. Perhaps when you have a crummy day at your job, your urge for pleasure and escapism leads to spending big on beer and pizza and watching inane TV all evening. If you’d like to change this habit, try acknowledging the urge and what cued it, but then invent a response that satisfies that urge in a way that you feel better about. Perhaps eating soup and buttery toast while re-reading a favourite book in bed all evening. Or putting punk rock on your headphones and going for a frenzied walk to a hill you like to watch the sunset from. Invent these substitutions in times when you’re feeling potent and inspired, and once you’ve experienced a pleasure rush from them enough times, they become new habits, and you’ll go to them gladly even when you’re feeling wilted-of-will.
Annie Raser-Rowland (The Art of Frugal Hedonism: A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More)
There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection. There was a sense of justice in my father’s upright mind, which rendered it necessary that he should approve highly to love strongly. Perhaps during former years he had suffered from the late-discovered unworthiness of one beloved, and so was disposed to set a greater value on tried worth. There was a show of gratitude and worship in his attachment to my mother, differing wholly from the doting fondness of age, for it was inspired by reverence for her virtues, and a desire to be the means of, in some degree, recompensing her for the sorrows she had endured, but which gave inexpressible grace to his behaviour to her. Everything was made to yield to her wishes and her convenience. He strove to shelter her, as a fair exotic is sheltered by the gardener, from every rougher wind, and to surround her with all that could tend to excite pleasurable emotion in her soft and benevolent mind.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Frankenstein: The 1818 Text)
If I could make people feel, just for a day or an hour, what it’s like to love with infiniteness, then they would be animals no longer, but some greater creature, deserving of that title human. I’ve bettered a day though. On earth, they will have it thus: from birth to unavoidable death, a man is pumped so full of love that his eyes bleed rainbows and his mouth a barrel of miracles. His hands will heal then make monuments to commemorate it; they’ll press tight and pray for no man, no god but himself; and his mind… his mind will shower like spring rains. He will steal away from the shadow of ambition. He’ll be his own sun and light up the world with new marvels – be they art, philosophies, science – and in his brightness put the mundane, not himself, in shadows, and how rightfully. Each a captain and a maker, a mark-setter and stealer of shows... Earth’s skies will clap with the thunder of our majesty, not with violence, doubt, confusion, futility, and monotony; anything – anything – but the dull drone of duplication and robo-behaviour.
Richard Ronald Allan (Exit Eleonora)
Presentism, neglect of the future (along with forgetfulness and contempt for the past) is the paradoxical characteristic of a society and elites who have nothing but the words progress, innovation, modernity on their lips in every domain, including the economic. As soon as one is no longer ‘in love’ as depicted in television shows, as soon as sexual desire fades, one separates from one’s current partner. Marrying for superficial reasons, one separates for superficial reasons. Moreover, this compulsive and immature sort of behaviour is found not only in relationships but also in eroticism and sex in general, always under the sign of speed, immediacy, and instant gratification. Conjugal love and even sex are no longer savoured but consumed or indeed devoured, as if by fire. Despite a form of pseudo-maturity demanded in all domains, especially sexual, and an ideology of liberation, Westerners since the 1960s (the baby boom generation to which I belong) have had difficulty proceeding to the psychological stage of adulthood, that of building for the long-term. This is true even in fields very different to those of sex and relationships, and include those of politics and economics. It is the generalised reign of immaturity and improvidence. Marriage is then conceived as a sort of game, and it ends as soon as one blows the final whistle. Unrestrained enjoyment, the slogan of May ‘68,[27] inspired by a cheap, boorish hedonism, has actually passed into our mores.
Guillaume Faye
The difference between passion and addiction is that between a divine spark and a flame that incinerates. Passion is divine fire: it enlivens and makes holy; it gives light and yields inspiration. Passion is generous because it’s not ego-driven; addiction is self-centred. Passion gives and enriches; addiction is a thief. Passion is a source of truth and enlightenment; addictive behaviours lead you into darkness. You’re more alive when you are passionate, and you triumph whether or not you attain your goal. But an addiction requires a specific outcome that feeds the ego; without that outcome, the ego feels empty and deprived. A consuming passion that you are helpless to resist, no matter what the consequences, is an addiction. You may even devote your entire life to a passion, but if it’s truly a passion and not an addiction, you’ll do so with freedom, joy and a full assertion of your truest self and values. In addiction, there’s no joy, freedom or assertion. The addict lurks shame-faced in the shadowy corners of her own existence. I glimpse shame in the eyes of my addicted patients in the Downtown Eastside and, in their shame, I see mirrored my own. Addiction is passion’s dark simulacrum and, to the naïve observer, its perfect mimic. It resembles passion in its urgency and in the promise of fulfillment, but its gifts are illusory. It’s a black hole. The more you offer it, the more it demands. Unlike passion, its alchemy does not create new elements from old. It only degrades what it touches and turns it into something less, something cheaper. Am I happier after one of my self-indulgent sprees? Like a miser, in my mind I recount and catalogue my recent purchases — a furtive Scrooge, hunched over and rubbing his hands together with acquisitive glee, his heart growing ever colder. In the wake of a buying binge, I am not a satisfied man. Addiction is centrifugal. It sucks energy from you, creating a vacuum of inertia. A passion energizes you and enriches your relationships. It empowers you and gives strength to others. Passion creates; addiction consumes — first the self and then the others within its orbit.
Gabor Maté (In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction)
Acceptance Is Our Willingness To Choose Being Tiny In This World”.
Venugopal Acharya
There is always a way out when you are stuck, believe it and realize what you see, hear and feel now. The experience of now sets you free to move ahead.
Anand Patwa
A Watch May Stop One Day, But Time Doesn’t Rest Even For A Nanosecond”.
Venugopal Acharya
To Experience God’s Love One Needs To Practice Empathy And Help Others”.
Venugopal Acharya
Transformation take place with change of thoughts.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Positive thoughts, positive action.
Lailah Gifty Akita
My behaviour is the result of your character.
Abhijith d (Broken Hearts, where my story began)
A man behaves according to his belief.
Lailah Gifty Akita
These three words first: 1) muscle memory 2) bio memory 3) bio energy all your day-to-day habits like morning you wake up and do yoga or sip a cup of coffee and the kind of food you eat - all your behaviours, habits and actions form your muscle memory. your muscles keep the memory of all your actions - good or bad, right or wrong. if you create the right muscle memory, it helps you to manifest a beautiful right life. If you build wrong muscle memory, it makes you manifest bad life.end of the day, your life you are living is just the expressions of muscle memories you built. second is, bio memory. It is all the opinions, ideas, cognitions, powerful conclusions about yourself and your life, god, people, about everything. the conclusions you carry, powerful cognitions you carry is called bio memory. Bio memory is about how you believe yourself, what kind of idea you carry about yourself and how it is impacted by others’ belief about you, how others treat you and how that impacts you. All your opinions, ideas, cognitions, powerful conclusions about you, about others, about guru, about god, about the world, about the universe - all these put together is bio memory.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda
In your uniqueness, still learn from others. See what works for you. Learn it and use it to your advantage. Learning from others strengthens your uniqueness. It does not debilitate it.
Mitta Xinindlu
A friend of mine told me something that I'll never forget. She said, "continue to text and check up on them if your heart tells you to. Because it's not about them, it's about how you feel. You're the one who wants to share the positivity." Unless you're prohibited to do so, of course.
Mitta Xinindlu
From the late 1800s to the late 1900s... science suggested that human beings are the direct byproduct of their own past. [...] Research now shows that a person’s past does not drive or dictate their actions and behaviors. Rather, we are pulled forward by our future. [...] From this view, [...] all human-action is goal-driven [or purpose-driven], even if the goal of the behavior isn’t consciously considered by the individual. [...] There is always a why for everything someone does. That why is their reason or goal for what they’re doing. [...] While [...] purpose may not [always] be conscious or inspiring, [a person's reason behind their behavior] still exists. Even if the goal is simply immediate gratification or escape, [as in the case of wasting time] on social media.
Benjamin P. Hardy (Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation)
Many citizens were persuaded, and in 1494 Savonarola managed to seize power. He reimposed all the traditional restrictions on art, literature, thought and behaviour. Secular music was banned. Clothing had to be plain. Frequent fasting became effectively compulsory. Homosexuality and prostitution were violently suppressed. The Jews of Florence were expelled. Gangs of ruffians inspired by Savonarola roamed the city searching for taboo artefacts such as mirrors, cosmetics, musical instruments, secular books, and almost anything beautiful. A huge pile of such treasures was ceremonially burned in the so-called ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ in the centre of the city. Botticelli is said to have thrown some of his own paintings into the fire. It was the bonfire of optimism.
David Deutsch (The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World)
Innocent girl! There in the distance she walked, She skipped, she frolicked and with a stranger she talked, Just for a while, maybe a moment or two, Still wondering what next to do, Maybe keep talking or just keep walking, Then the stranger left, but it was her innocence that he was stalking, I followed the stranger, and he followed the young girl, She was dressed decently with her each ear adorned with a pearl, Then as she reached the edge of the park, Where it is usually cold and dark, The stranger stood before her, And then he followed her, wherever she went it seemed he was with her, The girl seemed worried and uncomfortable, And desperately looked for means to feel a bit secure and comfortable, The stranger was resolved to keep bothering her, As I wondered what pleasure from this hideous act he might incur, He was about to assault her dignity, Without any remorse, any forethought and with no sign of pity, The girl closed her eyes, And I wonder in that moment what she felt about herself and about the inaction of the skies, It was then I decided to come forward, And I asked her if there was anything making her feel awkward, "Yes, yes," she said hurriedly, "It is him, he has been stalking me shamelessly," Then I turned toward this person, And I asked him if to justify his behaviour he had any valid reason, He shrugged his shoulders and walked away, The innocence of the young girl was saved today, But tomorrow when none of us is there, What shall she do and who will offer her strength in her moments of fear, Maybe it is time to change something forever, If we cannot do it now, then we may never, Today the stranger left, But who shall compensate the young girl for the theft, That robbed her of her freedom and innocence, Well I guess nobody can, because whenever she will be on a street, she will always feel the stranger’s presence!
Javid Ahmad Tak (They Loved in 2075!)
In my life, I had no one to disappoint or to let down. Spectres did not haunt me. I very ably created my own prissy set of standards: hesitant, over-polite, submissive. I only became attractive (to myself) when I broke out of that and had bursts of rip-roaring, disgusting behaviour. It was funny and hurt no one.
Gordon Roddick
The greatest obstacles to an entrepreneur’s good intentions for long-term behavioural change are the many attractive short-term business opportunities that arise.
Sandy Pfund | The Enterneer®
The whole word is familiar with Zoom now.
Germany Kent
There are only two ways to influence human behaviour: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.
Simon Sinek
A symbol is the best possible expression for something essentially unknown. Behind its objective, visible meaning there is an invisible, more profound meaning. The symbol is thus a "nucleus of meaning" and is charged with energy. As a psychic product, a symbol carries similar energized contents across boundaries of time and space. Charged with internal psychic energy, it is projected onto the external world where it finds its reflection in a living form; it may even be projected into an abstract form such as an ideal, something suprahuman, as was the goddess. When we are in love we do feel radiant and beautiful, and we love to laugh. When the archetype breaks through to consciousness, a characteristic numinous effect is experienced. It is awe­inspiring, bigger than life, and, writes Jung, "may be said in the long run to mould the destinies of individuals by unconsciously influencing their thinking, feeling, and behaviour, even if this influence is not recognized until long afterwards.
Nancy Qualls-Corbett (The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts, 32))
In love I found more of humanity than in the violent aggression of erratic behaviour that plagues me; to love is to live, may we all do so.
Sayed H Fatimi
Very Solid Team and a Very Liquid Map. Like Diarrhea. Badham is Like Diarrhea
Scott Jund
Don't talk to people base on your current situation. Relate with people with your best behaviour.
Ojingiri Hannah
Rather than seek to numb the pain with addictive behaviour, you need to live with it an make friends with your brokenness. We can't expect to be perfect. Change does not usually happen instantaneously. There may be failures, but you when you know your brokenness it is no longer your hidden enemy. Rather, by God's grace, it can become the very means of your redemption.
Father Ken Barker (Young Men Rise Up)
The moment you become truly aware of your automatic behaviours, something magical is about to happen
Runa Magnusdottir (The Story of Boxes, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Secret to Human Liberation, Peace and Happiness)
I "know" there is a God, a living, loving God who works through people, prompting, nudging. A God of inspiration, or creativity; a God we can sense in the silence of a gathered Quaker meeting. One who holds a mirror up to us so that we can see our behaviour, keep our standards. One before whom masks, poses and postures drop away; one who knows us as perhaps only our parents knew us; there we are most truly ourselves.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (A Quaker Astronomer Reflects: Can a Scientist Also Be Religious?)
A fertile soil, quality seeds, photosynthesis and deep roots make a tree endure. A trusting environment, inspired employees, a learning mentality and anchoring effective behaviours make a High Performing Organisation successful.
Daniel Hartweg (High Performing Organisation: An inspiring and practical handbook for leaders and employees on fostering a culture of engagement, effectiveness and empathy)
Sharon followed Tiffany’s lead and sat up straight in her chair, took a deep breath and said, “I am sorry for my behaviour too. I thought this accident was a good thing. Addie and Eddie have wonderful puppies. I thought, who wouldn’t love a puppy like either of them. I thought we could make some extra money like we did last time and help other dog lovers have wonderful dogs like ours. But I never stopped to consider how difficult it would be to see them go, especially for you.
Catherine Quinn-Boroski (Hope & Abby Find Their Furever Home (Adventures of Hope & Abby))
Inspiration leads to a changed mindset. A changed mindset triggers a change in behaviour.
Daniel Hartweg (High Performing Organisation: An inspiring and practical handbook for leaders and employees on fostering a culture of engagement, effectiveness and empathy)
Effective learning changes the brain structure which in turn induces the desired behaviour.
Daniel Hartweg (High Performing Organisation: An inspiring and practical handbook for leaders and employees on fostering a culture of engagement, effectiveness and empathy)
Jimmy Fratianno did worry and rightly so, for he suffered for Sinatra’s behaviour being hassled by the Vegas cops – until he had a word that someone might get much more than hassled unless the aggravation against him ceased. The Mob thought Sinatra stupid for his behaviour. It was not the place or time. Nevertheless, in those fledging days at the Desert Inn, with seven different law agencies monitoring operations, Sinatra also spent even more time with Johnny Rosselli, who was the perfect mobster for Las Vegas. He could be anything anybody wanted him to be. He was attractive to women (by now lovers included Betty Hutton, Lana Turner and Donna ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Reed) and Sinatra found him fun, good company and a generous all-around guy. He was a facilitator. He could arrange the murder of ‘Russian Louis’ Strauss who tried to blackmail his friend Benny Binion the owner of the Horseshoe Casino. He could get a girl a date with Frank Sinatra and vice versa. He met with Howard Hughes, who had a jealousy-inspired (Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner) lifetime hatred for Sinatra, and acted as Hughes’s go-between with Meyer Lansky and Moe Dalitz. They said George Raft was a great dancer, yet Johnny Rosselli could expertly waltz to anybody’s tune.
Mike Rothmiller (Frank Sinatra and the Mafia Murders)
To complicate matters, the human machine, with its hardware and software components, doesn’t always function as anticipated. Our DNA, our genetic code, essentially acts like an instruction manual, working in the background to influence our behaviour alongside our occasionally faulty logic systems, making us vulnerable to emotional influence. Annoyingly, there is no user manual to explain this.
Philos Fablewright (Curious)
You can be humble without compromising your values.
Israelmore Ayivor (Become a Better You)
What you see and what you focus on has a profound impact on your behaviour.
Mensah Oteh (Unlocking Life's Treasure Chest: Wisdom keys to keep you inspired, encouraged, motivated and focused)
Focus determines your feelings, which in turn influence your behaviour, actions and your destiny.
Mensah Oteh
Motivational quotes inspire people to change behaviour. Can you imagine how dramatically the word of God can change lives?
Alin Sav
What is essence of knowledge, if it does not change the way we act?
Lailah Gifty Akita
It was rather peculiar behaviour for a totem animal. Totem animals are supposed to be the spirits of actual dead animals or the essence of real animals. ... Actual elephants do not normally wear berets, sombreros or any other type of hat, nor do they dance upright shaking maracas.
Michelle Y. Frost (Elephant Songs)
The most tragic and deviant behaviour of all is that we live our lives like we will never die, and nonetheless we never live at all.
Dragos Bratasanu
Weale had joined the Scouts from the regular army within a few weeks of it being formed. The regiment’s ethos was inspired by the British SAS, with whom several of its senior officers had served, either during the Second World War or in the Malayan emergency or both, but the selection process was even more gruelling: it took seventeen days, the first five of which required living entirely off the land at a training camp on the shores of Lake Kariba. On the fifth day, candidates were given the rotten carcass of a baboon as a reward for making it that far. The few who remained after that – usually around 10 per cent – were given the most meagre of rations to survive the rest of the course to supplement their diet of living off the land. A further four weeks’ training followed, during which they were still monitored for suitability. Successful recruits therefore started out with a strong sense of camaraderie and great pride, as each man knew that the others had also gone well beyond the norms of human endurance and behaviour to become a Selous Scout.
Jeremy Duns (Spy Out the Land)
That, in itself, is a beautiful victory, a wonderful manifestation of the impulse to be free. It’s a valuable victory too, sending ripples far and wide, revealing rich and beautiful dimensions of life that we so often forget. Music, paintings and stories can do this, but so can acts of courage, generosity and compassion. Such behaviour uplifts and inspires, interrupting and subverting our routines and expectations, challenging us to imagine something better and reminding us of the extraordinary potential within us all.
Raoul Martinez (Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth, the Illusion of Consent, and the Fight for Our Future)
We need to be present in our love story, watching, listening, and most importantly being aware of our own behaviours without judgment – present, living life in each second as it unfolds. And if like me, your Albie goes away, because like ours your roots didn’t go all the way underground, shed your tears, acknowledge your heartache, and know that there is never an end to a love story. Because relationships end but love stays emblazoned in your heart, the experience of tremendous beauty written in your very being, making your light brighter and the world a more beautiful place for all.
Penny De Villiers (The Woman Who Came Home)
Always direct your emotions, desires, behaviour, and actions in the present so they are in alignment with what you want in your future.
Mensah Oteh (Unlocking Life's Treasure Chest: Wisdom keys to keep you inspired, encouraged, motivated and focused)
your responsibility is simply to find how things work and those who are already successful then model their beliefs, behaviour, attitude, philosophies and actions and you’ll get similar results
Mensah Oteh
The separation of mind and body that informs medical practice is also the dominant ideology in our culture. We do not often think of socio-economic structures and practices as determinants of illness or well-being. They are not usually “part of the equation.” Yet the scientific data is beyond dispute: socio-economic relationships have a profound influence on health. For example, although the media and the medical profession — inspired by pharmaceutical research — tirelessly promote the idea that next to hypertension and smoking, high cholesterol poses the greatest risk for heart disease, the evidence is that job strain is more important than all the other risk factors combined. Further, stress in general and job strain in particular are significant contributors both to high blood pressure and to elevated cholesterol levels. Economic relationships influence health because, most obviously, people with higher incomes are better able to afford healthier diets, living and working conditions and stress-reducing pursuits. Dennis Raphael, associate professor at the School of Health Policy and Management at York University in Toronto has recently published a study of the societal influences on heart disease in Canada and elsewhere. His conclusion: “One of the most important life conditions that determine whether individuals stay healthy or become ill is their income. In addition, the overall health of North American society may be more determined by the distribution of income among its members rather than the overall wealth of the society…. Many studies find that socioeconomic circumstances, rather than medical and lifestyle risk factors, are the main causes of cardiovascular disease, and that conditions during early life are especially important.” The element of control is the less obvious but equally important aspect of social and job status as a health factor. Since stress escalates as the sense of control diminishes, people who exercise greater control over their work and lives enjoy better health. This principle was demonstrated in the British Whitehall study showing that second-tier civil servants were at greater risk for heart disease than their superiors, despite nearly comparable incomes. Recognizing the multigenerational template for behaviour and for illness, and recognizing, too, the social influences that shape families and human lives, we dispense with the unhelpful and unscientific attitude of blame. Discarding blame leaves us free to move toward the necessary adoption of responsibility, a matter to be taken up when we come in the final chapters to consider healing.
Gabor Maté (When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress)
Be careful who you choose to allow into your circle, our behaviour and thought patterns mirror those we hang around with.
Dee Waldeck
Points of views that are expressed on Twitter don’t intend to offend, but rather defend and open the conversation up to everyone so that no one has to pretend.
Germany Kent
the Great Man theory (that leaders are born not made, the concept closest to our idea of some people, such as Rick Rescorla, having the ‘right stuff’); trait theory (a derivative of Great Man theory, which posits that leaders are distinguished by the traits or attributes they display, such as integrity and trustworthiness); psychoanalytic theory (Freud’s idea that all social groups are representations of the family); charismatic leadership (in which a figure attracts followers purely on the basis of personality); behavioural theory (that effective leadership results from certain behaviours); situational theory (that the way leadership is executed depends on the situation); contingency theory (an expansion of situational theory, which, in addition to situation, takes account of variables such as the kind of task for which leadership is required and how much power the leader has); transactional versus transformational leadership theory (which contrasts a fairly conventional style of leadership with a more visionary, inspirational style); distributed leadership theory (which eschews a strict hierarchy for a more fluid model, in which leadership roles are shared naturally rather than being formally assigned); and servant leadership theory, in which leadership is carried out purely for the benefit of the group, often at cost to the leader himself.
Mark Van Vugt (Naturally Selected: Why Some People Lead, Why Others Follow, and Why It Matters – The Science of Leadership and the Path to Greater Success)
Religion is also a process of healing, I discovered – a healing of the soul. Even our language points to this relation. The words ‘holy’, ‘wholesome’ and ‘healing’ all have the same root. (In German, this is even more striking: heilig, heil and heilen.) Muslims believe that all humans are born in a state of purity, our fitra, and it is only in the course of our lives that we tarnish our soul through bad habits and wrong behaviour. Through spiritual practices such as prayer, recitation of Quran and dhikr we can cleanse these acquired ‘black spots’ in our soul and return towards our original primordial nature. More so, dhikr is said to enliven the heart.
Kristiane Backer (From MTV to Mecca: How Islam Inspired My Life)
Set your end goal...the steps in between - is your path
Gino Norris (Stress Diary Journal)
We Person-Centred Approach people are as human as anyone else after all, and, as does everyone, must daily face the difference between our aspirations and stated values, and our actual choices and behaviours, and the resulting outcomes. However, we keep giving ourselves a chance to change, again and again, thus more closely approximating our hopes for how we can be together
Gay Barfield (Politicizing the Person-Centred Approach: An Agenda for Social Change)
You must learn to accept that humans make mistakes, but when the same issue is repeated over and over without corrective strategies to plug the holes, then you must expect negative impact on your definition of success. It is normal to make a mistake, but learn, face the consequences, get back up and march on. If you want to be different or stand out as a brand, then your actions, habits, behaviours and decisions must reflect that 'you care about what people think or say about you.
Archibald Marwizi (Making Success Deliberate)
Behaviours and habits are therefore the end result of the entire value chain and cannot be changed in a sustainable manner by scratching the surface - you have to dig deeper. This is why jail time, threats and sanctions without appropriate rehabilitation programs will not change a person unless they embark on a personal journey/program to initiate the process of change from the inner core – how the programs in their brain are wired to influence their beliefs.
Archibald Marwizi (Making Success Deliberate)
You should be able to criticize and evaluate yourself before others do it. Check for congruity between your defined mission, vision, values and your practiced attitude, behaviour and habits.
Archibald Marwizi (Making Success Deliberate)
It’s about teamwork, realizing we are on the same side and complementing each other. The family is at its best when exposed to and engaged in high-quality environments, interactions, and relationships. This is not technological or economic quality – it is leadership and effectiveness quality. Children mature best when the adults in their life work in partnership with one another. There must exist important aligning of mission, beliefs, values and behaviours within the family unit.
Archibald Marwizi (Making Success Deliberate)
Refuse to react to any angry actions.
Lailah Gifty Akita (Think Great: Be Great! (Beautiful Quotes, #1))
As it turns out, Plutarch, consciously or unconsciously, touched on a truth that most of us feel, but rarely meditate upon: the little things in behaviour are the door not only to the real character of people but also to their soul.
Nicos Hadjicostis
The reason that the little things are more important than the big ones, turns out to be very simple: one can fake the big things in one’s behaviour, but not the little things. The little things lack the three “f’s”: feigning, fabrication, fakeness. Plus the most important “c”: contrivance.
Nicos Hadjicostis
Man who treat Woman without respect and see Woman ONLY as a public toilett forget where they spend their first 9 months of their Life!
Lily Amis (Angel of Love Lily: Zak, My Sweet Inspiration)
All sorts of behaviour can be inspired by self-hatred. You can become an artist. Commit suicide. Adopt a new name, a new country, a new language. All of the above.
Nancy Huston (Losing North: Essays on Cultural Exile)
Psychology is human behaviour towards self, Sociology is human behaviour towards society and Economics is human behaviour towards economy." Dr Lloyd Magangeni
Dr Lloyd Magangeni
My shame was becoming the darkness that would slowly direct my journey as I developed coping behaviours to feel better.
Christina Foxwell
The gospel teaches about good behaviour.
Lailah Gifty Akita
When the heart changes, the actions changes.
Lailah Gifty Akita
A man act as he thinks.
Lailah Gifty Akita
The best alternative provision schools develop a thick seam of expertise in behaviour management. It takes time, investment and wise recruitment, but once formed it becomes an unassailable wall of calm, consistency and certainty. It is no coincidence that the very best alternative provision schools in the UK have spent years finding and developing the right adults, then holding on to them and growing their own. They have a knack of finding and training remarkable heroes: teachers and support professionals who will dodge a chair, soak up angry abuse and, moments later, inspire learning with delicate encouragement.
Paul Dix (When the Adults Change, Everything Changes: Seismic shifts in school behaviour)
Nobody is surprised when the students aren’t interested. The effect of this starting point is remarkably positive. A successful pupil referral unit focuses on hooking children in to learning with teachers who are quietly inspirational every day. Teachers who have to work better because they know they cannot force children to do anything.
Paul Dix (When the Adults Change, Everything Changes: Seismic shifts in school behaviour)
Courtesy from the sons of a king, good speech from a learned man, unrighteous behaviour from gamblers, and deceits from women, should be learnt.
Rajen Jani (Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms)
If the king is righteous then the subjects are also righteous, if the king is wicked then the subjects are also wicked, if the king is equally righteous and wicked, then the subjects are also equally righteous and wicked, the subjects behave according to the behaviour of the king, as the king is, likewise are the subjects.
Rajen Jani (Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms)
Among equals, befitting is love; a king’s service is befitting; seriousness is befitting in behaviour; an extremely beautiful woman is befitting in a home.
Rajen Jani (Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms)
Behaviour shows the family, speech shows the country, mutual respect shows the love, the body shows the food.
Rajen Jani (Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms)
By four ways is gold tested: rubbing, cutting, heating, and beating; likewise, by four ways is a man tested: his renunciation, his behaviour, his qualities, and his actions.
Rajen Jani (Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms)
In matters of money, in usage of food items, in accumulation of knowledge, in eating, and in behaviour, one who discards shyness, becomes happy.
Rajen Jani (Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms)
Life Is A War- To Keep Goodness Going on A Planet That Is Increasingly Attacked by The Lower Nature of Man, Is A Real Challenge. You Could Be A Champion Soldier by Living with Principles and Uphold Virtue in The Face of Temptations!
Venugopal Acharya
A Small Journey to See Things Beyond What Is Apparent, To Understand Lessons That Life Teaches Us, To Look for Guidance and A Direction In Our Sojourn On This Planet, Is The Beginning Of Wisdom”.
Venugopal Acharya
An Unhurried Sense of Time Is Itself A Big Wealth”.
Venugopal Acharya
Self Awareness is the first big step in developing Self Mastery".
Venugopal Acharya
We Repeatedly Pronounce Black and White Verdicts on Life Situations And The People We Interact With But We Tend To Overlook The Different Subtle Shades Of Human Dynamics”.
Venugopal Acharya
The richness and variety of the human race enchanted him; he was not repelled by weaknesses or failings and was tolerant of most behaviours, even the least endearing. Difficult people interested him far more than those whose conversations and ideas inspired the spirit, or whose physical beauty constricted breath in the throat. He sought out the unusual, observing behaviour with cool yet committed interest. He loved them all.
Storm Constantine (Stalking Tender Prey (The Grigori Trilogy, #1))