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“As a leader, parent, or friend - don't let someone's poor attitude and poor performance hinder your commitment to holding them to higher standards. You don't need to make the person 'wrong' for the way they're behaving, simply point out that the behavior is ineffective.”

Way Needs Persons Parent Poor Attitude Leader Higher Gratitude Behavior Standards Commitment Performances Hinder Higher Standards Poor Performance

Author:Hal Elrod

“Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.”

“At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?”

Self Poor Behavior Judgment Defense Justification Self Defense Bad Behavior

Author:Dan Gelber

“In the nurturing family...parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say.”

Humans Wells Children Jobs Joy Parent Hurt Poor Situation Leader Teaching Behavior Judgment Disappointment Acknowledge Empowering Boss Nurturing Good Judgment

Author:Virginia Satir

“Old among the young, poor among the rich, I adopt an air of indefinable superiority.”

Young Poor Rich Air Behavior Superiority Indefinable

Author:Mason Cooley

“Sometimes poor behavior is simply bad execution of good intent.”

Sometimes Poor Behavior Execution

Author:Stephen Covey

“Just as we're always told that schoolyard bullies are actually deeply insecure, liberals rationalize their own ferocious behavior by claiming to have been wounded somehow. What about the little guy our poor, insecure bully is beating the living daylights out of? How's his self-esteem coming along? That is the essence of liberals: They viciously attack everyone else, while wailing that they are the victims.”

Littles Has Beens Self Guy Poor Self Esteem Behavior Essence Victim Esteem Wounded Insecure Bully Daylight Rationalize Wailing

Author:Ann Coulter

“Anyone who ever studied mankind by listening to them was self-deluded. The first thing they should have done was to answer the question, "Can they report to you correctly on their behavior?" And the answer is, "No, the poor bastards cannot."”

Should Firsts Self Done Answers Poor Mankind Listening Behavior Should Have Reports Deluded

Author:Bill Mollison

“When there's a good fit between skills and expectations, there's what we call compatibility, and we would expect a good outcome. When there's a poor fit between expectations and the capacity of the kid, there is incompatibility, and that's when we see people exhibit challenging behavior.”

People Kids Challenges Poor Fit Skills Behavior Expectations Capacity Outcomes Exhibits Compatibility Incompatibility

Author:Ross W. Greene

“Life is full of cycles that have a way of perpetuating themselves. Success and failure both feed on themselves. Things can go downhill quickly, with people bogged down by ineffective behavior and poor teamwork, unless leaders intervene to shift the cycle.”

People Poor Leader Behavior Teamwork Success And Failure

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere... Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.”

“Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in the mountains, hundreds will search and often two or three searchers are killed. But the next time somebody gets lost just as many volunteers turn out. Poor arithmetic, but very human. It runs through all our folklore, all human religions, all our literature--a racial conviction that when one human needs rescue, others should not count the price.”

“Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.”

Character Action Poor Behinds Relationship Behavior Personal Growth Consistent Deceptive Words And Actions Poor Character

Book:Waiting and Dating: A Sensible Guide to a Fulfilling Love Relationship

Source: Waiting and Dating: A Sensible Guide to a Fulfilling Love Relationship

“If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.”

Ifs Poor Business Responsibility Behavior Ethics Organization Business Ethics Moral Ethics Ethics And Morals

Author:Robert Noyce