Quotes About Emulation

It astonished me that Muslims, who put such store on emulation of their prophet, didn't wish to emulate him in something so fundamental as fathering daughters. Muhammad

I wonder: If you think of someone you love, do you become a little more like them? I would like to think so.

she seemed both proud and scared that I was where she had once wished to be.

mayhap if I played at being the kind and gentle husband long enough, it would become true. Master Piero once told us that we might embody those qualities we desire to possess by embracing them, over and over, until the line between seeming and being is no more.

Let the rich cease to despise the poor, and the poor to condemn the rich; let the greedy learn how to give, and the lustful how to grow pure; let the partisan cease from strife, and the uncharitable begin to forgive; let the envious endeavor to rejoice with others, and the slanderers grow ashamed of their conduct. Let men and women take this course, and, lo! the Golden Age is at hand. He, therefore, who purifies his own heart is the world's greatest benefactor.

Such is the nature of how people respond to authority figures. Inevitably, people will begin to emulate you. Even if you have a non-hierarchical environment, you'll still be perceived as an authority figure, and people will respond to you as such. Therefore, you've got to be a role model of the culture you want to create.

Mindful imitation makes Christ actual.

If we truly knew someone's entire life story and all the things they have been through we would drop all jealousy and comparison. We would admire their ability to shine.

I actually was consciously trying to emulate bands like Bruce Springsteen, and just trying to emulate what they do structurally.

All great singers copy someone else in the initial stages.

He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer.

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

I can jump on to a kitchen worktop from standing, like Tigger. It was something my dad could do, and I copied it from him.

They taught me that no man could be their leader except he ate the ranks' food, wore their clothes, lived level with them, and yet appeared better in himself.

Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.

When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others. Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.

Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do.

Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.

I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.

As a boy all Steve wanted to do was to be like his dad. At twenty-nine he'd become like Bob and then some.

Although there are people saying I'm putting on a show, I'm hoping more will emulate my 'performance.' If more people did, more needy people would get help.

I love Priyanka Chopra. So whatever lessons I can learn from her is nevertheless.