#Example Quotes

“That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.”

“Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear.”

“If you set the example you will not have to set the rules.”

“Homer is my example and his unchristened heart.”

“I could think of no worse example for nations abroad, who for the first time were trying to put free electoral procedures into effect, than that of the United States wrangling over the results of our presidential election, and even suggesting that the presidency itself could be stolen by thievery at the ballot box.”

“I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.”

“It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.”

“I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.”

“Attract them by the way you live.”

“There is nothing more frustrating than a good example.”

“Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them?”

“There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!”

“A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.”

“We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.”

“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.”

“A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings.”

“Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.”

“Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.”

“Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.”

“Let our lives be open books for all to study.”

“Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.”

“The sage embraces the one, and is an example to the world.”

“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”

“It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words.”

“The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.”

“I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!”

“Don't condemn if you see a person has a dirty glass of water, just show them the clean glass of water that you have. When they inspect it, you won't have to say that yours is better." -said by Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm X”

“The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.”

“I've learned that you learn best by modeling. If you want people to learn, do it!”

“I can't very well be teaching one way and living my life another way. What I do in life must be consistent with the things I say. And the same goes for you.”

“Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others; and let him teach by example before teaching by word. For he who teaches himself and rectifies his own ways is more deserving of respect and reverence than he who would teach others and rectify their ways.”

“For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.”

“What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.”

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”

“Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.”

“Don't expect others to listen to your advice and ignore your example.”

“My life will be the best illustration of all my work.”

“Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet at the same time surpass the one they imitate-which human beings love to do.”

“Nothing is more contagious than example, and no man does any exceeding good or exceeding ill but it spawns new deeds of the same kind. The good we imitate through emulation, the ill through the malignity of our nature, which shame keeps locked up, but example sets free.”

“Remember that a good example is the best sermon.”

“A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.”

“Always do everything you ask of those you command.”

“Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence.”

“Nothing is so contagious as example.”

“Nothing is so catching as example.”

“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”

“The best that a parent can be... A demonstrator... A consistent, constant demonstrator of being in your own Vortex.”

“There is not a need to prove anything to anyone with your words. Let that which you are - that which you are living - be your clear example to uplift others.”

“It is not your role to make others happy, it is your role to keep yourself in balance. When you pay attention to how you feel and practice self-empowering thoughts that align with who you really are, you will offer an example of thriving that will be of tremendous value to those who have the benefit of observing you.”

“If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?”