Quote: The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship. Author: Barbara De Angelis American Expert on Relationship & Love, Author
Quote: Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. Author: Hosea Ballou 1771-1852, American Theologian, Founder of ''Universalism''
Quote: Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. Author: Christian Nevell Bovee 1820-1904, American Author, Lawyer
Quote: No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist. Author: Andre Breton 1989-1966, French Surrealist
Quote: A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. Author: Phillips Brooks 1835-1893, American Minister, Poet
Quote: Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other Author: Edmund Burke 1729-1797, British Political Writer, Statesman
Quote: What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others. Author: Confucius BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher
Quote: 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. Author: George Eliot 1819-1880, British Novelist
Quote: 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. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: Nothing preaches better than the act. Author: Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
Quote: Well done, is better than well said. Author: Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
Quote: He teaches me to be good that does me good. Author: Thomas Fuller 1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author
Quote: You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others. Author: Stanley C. Gault
Quote: People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. Author: Oliver Goldsmith 1728-1774, Anglo-Irish Author, Poet, Playwright
Quote: It is easier to exemplify values than teach them. Author: Theodore M. Hesburgh 1917-, American Clergyman, University President
Quote: It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. Author: Eric Hoffer 1902-1983, American Author, Philosopher
Quote: 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. Author: Hubert H. Humphrey 1911-1978, American Democratic Politician, Vice President
Quote: They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master. Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author
Quote: We are too quick to imitate depraved examples. Author: (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal c.55-c.130, Roman Satirical Poet
Quote: 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. Author: Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer
Quote: 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. Author: Harper Lee 1926-, American Author
Quote: 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. Author: Henry Miller 1891-1980, American Author
Quote: Example is a bright looking-glass, universal and for all shapes to look into. Author: Michel Eyquem De Montaigne 1533-1592, French Philosopher, Essayist
Quote: Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me. Author: Dwight L. Moody 1837-1899, American Evangelist
Quote: The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example. Author: Thomas Morell
Quote: 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. Author: George E. Mueller 1918-, American Engineer
Quote: I've always led by example and I'm not that vocal. Author: Scottie Pippen American Basketball Player
Quote: 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. Author: Paula Poundstone
Quote: An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching. Author: Proverb
Quote: Practice what you preach. Author: Proverb
Quote: Precept guides, but example draws. Author: Proverb
Quote: You train people how to treat you by how you treat yourself. Author: Martin Rutte
Quote: Example is leadership. Author: Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician, and Philosopher
Quote: Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing. Author: Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician, and Philosopher
Quote: The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective. Author: Seneca 4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher
Quote: If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not an example. Author: George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist
Quote: I don't know any other way to lead but by example. Author: Don Shula American Football Coach
Quote: Be careful how you live; you will be the only Bible some people ever read. Author: William J. Toms
Quote: Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. Author: Mark Twain 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer
Quote: There is nothing so annoying as a good example!! Author: Mark Twain 1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer
Quote: A good example is the best sermon. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Benevolence It is the glory of the true religion that it inculcates and inspires a spirit of benevolence. It is a religion of charity, which none other ever was. Christ went about doing good; he set the example to his disciples, and they abounded in it Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Children are natural mimics -- they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Don't be just another member of society, be a living example of your dreams and goals. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Don't wait to be a great man -- be a great boy. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Live as you wish your kids would. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Others will follow your footsteps easier than they will your advice. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Produce great men, the rest follows. Author: Walt Whitman 1819-1892, American Poet
Quote: We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. Author: Brigham Young 1801-1877, American Mormon Leader
Quote: Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves; they prejudice our judgment in favor of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own; and they intimidate us with the Author: Edward Young 1683-1765, British Poet, Dramatist