Quotes About Emulation

He did a very good impression of a stone column.

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

If the Wise be the happy man... he must be virtuous too; for, without virtue, happiness cannot be. This then is the true scope of all academical emulation.

We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job.

Stephen King says that if you forget an idea, then it can't have been any good. He means he, not you. You are not Stephen King. Do not attempt to emulate Stephen King at home.

I do hope after my crossing that more people will follow suit.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Only by trying on other people's clothes do we find what size we are.

Man emulates earth Earth emulates heaven Heaven emulates the Way The way emulates nature.

Leadership is an art expressed by the demonstration of characters worthy of immitation, emulation and inspiration. It is neither a title nor a postion.

By idolizing those whom we honor, we do a disservice both to them and to ourselves. . . . We fail to recognize that we could go and do likewise. —CHARLES V. WILLIE

we must imitate his life and character if we desire true understanding and freedom from our own deceptive hearts and minds.

What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.

Children learn respect by seeing what it looks like in action.

across the table from her doing his best impression of

I haven't been feeling like myself lately. No, I've been feeling like my clone.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

I tilt my head back and carefully toss my hair over my right shoulder in the way I have seen my younger sister do. I realize I know one more thing about her than I did before - what it feels like to do this and why you would. It's like your own little thunderclap.

Our envy of others devours us most of all.

What we love we grow to resemble. SAINT BERNARD T