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What many teachers observe as violent behavior is often really just playful aggression.
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Stephen Hawking
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People
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How
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Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Everyone
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Moliere
Wisdom
Best
Patience
Wise
Man
Wise Man
Behavior
Superior
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Him
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Alex Haley
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Amy Morin
Food
Strength
Gratitude
Failure
You
Behavior
Stronger
Giving
Giving Up
First
Building
Become
Healthy
Eating
Mental
Give
Gym
Physically
Habits
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Also
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Up
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Junk Food
Going
Want
After
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Unhealthy
Requires
Need
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
Warren Buffett
You
People
Better
Behavior
Out
Drift
Direction
Pick
Than
Hang
Yours
Whose
Associates
Practice self-awareness, self-evaluation, and self-improvement. If we are aware that our manners - language, behavior, and actions - are measured against our values and principles, we are able to more easily embody the philosophy, leadership is a matter of how to be, not how to do.
Frances Hesselbein
Leadership
Matter
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Language
Values
Practice
Manners
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Philosophy
Easily
Embody
Able
More
Self-Awareness
Principles
Self-Improvement
How
Against
Measured
Actions
Aware
The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
Charles Stanley
God
Alone
Time
Character
You
Integrity
World
Behavior
Will
Long
Increase
Others
Spend
Know
Make
Devotion
Lord
Godly
Transform
Then
Your
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Patrick J. Kennedy
Terrorism
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Fear
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Behavior
Society
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Division
Terrorists
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Warfare
Us
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