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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON EXAMPLE
Example is the best precept.
Aesop (620-560 BC, Greek fabulist)
The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.
Barbara De Angelis (American expert on relationship & love, author)
There is no teaching to compare with example.
Robert Baden-Powell
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
Hosea Ballou (1771-1852, American theologian, founder of "Universalism")
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.
Hosea Ballou (1771-1852, American theologian, founder of "Universalism")
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
John Christian Bovee (1820-1904, American author, lawyer)
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.
Phillips Brooks (1835-1893, American minister, poet)
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797, British political writer, statesman)
What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.
Confucius (BC 551-479, Chinese ethical teacher, philosopher)
People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774, Anglo-Irish author, poet, playwright)
People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774, Anglo-Irish author, poet, playwright)
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.
George Eliot (1819-1880, British novelist)
The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Nothing preaches better than the act.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, American scientist, publisher, diplomat)
Well done, is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, American scientist, publisher, diplomat)
He teaches me to be good who does me good.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661, British clergyman, author)
You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, and demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.
Stanley C. Gault
Whoever would change men must change the conditions of their lives.
Theodor Herz
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
Theodore M. Hesburgh (1917-, American clergyman, university president)
It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.
Theodore M. Hesburgh (1917-, American clergyman, university president)
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978, American Vice President)
We are too quick to imitate depraved examples.
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal (c.55-c.130, Roman satirical poet)
A young girl was asked: ''Whose preaching brought you to Christ?'' ''It wasn't anybody's preaching; it was Aunt Mary's practicing,'' he replied. The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
George E. Mueller (1918-, American engineer)
Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates ‘em. You're not gonna change any of them by talking right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.
Harper Lee (1926-, American author)
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates ‘em. You're not gonna change any of them by talking right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.
Harper Lee (1926-, American author)
Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil.
Henry Miller (1891-1980, American author)
Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.
Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899, American evangelist)
The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.
Thomas Morell
I've always led by example and I'm not that vocal.
Scottie Pippen (1965-, American basketball player)
The position of First Lady has no rules, just precedent, so its evolution has been at a virtual standstill for years. If Martha Washington didn't do it, then no one is sure it should be done.
Paula Poundstone
Example is better than law.
Arabian Proverb (Sayings of Arabian origin)
I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
Don Shula (1930-, American football coach)
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
Author Unknown
You train people how to treat you by how you treat yourself.
Martin Rutte
Example is leadership.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965, German born medical missionary, theologian, musician, and philosopher)
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965, German born medical missionary, theologian, musician, and philosopher)
The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not an example.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950, Irish-born British dramatist)
Be careful how you live; you will be the only Bible some people ever read.
William J. Toms
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
A good example is the best sermon.
Author Unknown
Children are natural mimics -- they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners.
Author Unknown
Don't be just another member of society, be a living example of your dreams and goals.
Author Unknown
Don't wait to be a great man -- be a great boy.
Author Unknown
Live as you wish your kids would.
Author Unknown
Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will your advice.
Author Unknown
Practice what you preach.
Author Unknown
Precept guides, but example draws.
Author Unknown
Produce great men, the rest follows.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892, American poet)
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Brigham Young (1801-1877, American Mormon leader)
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