#conduct

Some people's blameless lives are to blame for a good deal. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#conduct-of-life #double-standards #hypocrisy #morality #social-norms

Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears. ↗

— Albert Bandura

#against #appeals #conduct #deaf #destructive

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#being #conductor #directing #just #orchestra

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. ↗

— Xun Zi

#animal #believe #boasts #conducts #deception

Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government. ↗

— Chris Christie

#each #end #government #make #must

In most communities it is illegal to cry "fire" in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#aims #assembly #communities #considered #crowded

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct. ↗

— Tiberius

#hate #me #provided #respect #them

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#approves #brave #business #conduct #conscience

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#appealing #argument #authority #conducts #his

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent. ↗

— George Washington

#conduct #drawn #ground #hereafter #i