Quotes about Behavior

The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of the people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature.

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.

Here is an important distinction with far-reaching implications for Christian behavior. The deeds of Christians in this present time — however insignificant they may seem, however "vain" they may appear to those who value worldly success — are already being built into God's advancing kingdom.

One of the ironies of human nature is that it often has a way of rejecting the best and accepting the worst.

Be a good witness by the way you live. The way we live is often more convincing than the words we say.

There must be no discrepancy between what we say and what we do, between our walk and our talk.

We have changed our moral code to fit our behavior instead of changing our behavior to harmonize with God's moral code.

Whatever is unlike Christ in conduct, speech, or disposition grieves the Spirit of grace.

The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine—in what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship—your communion with God . . .It will manifest itself in morality—in the way you live and behave.

Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do as they say, not as they do.

Children will learn far more by watching than by just listening.

One of the worst things we can do is allow our children to grow up thinking they don't need to keep any rules. A spoiled child becomes a spoiled adult.