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Quotes About Example

In the courtyard there is an 11th-century square well-head, the most interesting example remaining in Venice from the Veneto-Byzantine period.
~ Alta MacAdam
Dogs are a gift to mankind. They are happy and joyful and loyal by nature. They are pure, positive energy and teach by example. That is all that's required of them.
~ Alyson Noel
If the two largest economies in the world don't show us a good example on trade liberalization, then you can't expect the smaller and weaker economies to take the risks. The initiative, the momentum and the drive really do have to come from Japan and the U.S.
~ Helmut Sohmen
Business executives need to start by spelling out and communicating their values. Then they need to lead by example. This means getting rid of the bad apples and declining opportunities that bring instant wealth at the cost of selling one's soul.
~ Vivek Wadhwa
Many shows in television have tried to do a Web element, and usually it's dumb. 'iCarly' has set the bar in television and Internet. I don't think there is better example. That may be the most significant thing about it.
~ Dan Schneider
Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.
~ Robert Cecil
I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in fifty years what my father taught me by example in one week.
~ Mario Cuomo
If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.
~ Don Yaeger
If there are activists in Cosas and they do poorly academically, then they would be cited as examples as to why others should not be in Cosas.
~ Kgalema Motlanthe
Dhamra Port is a model of modern maritime trade in Odisha and a successful example of public-private partnership.
~ Naveen Patnaik
I want to burn as a beacon of possibility. I don't want nobody to misconstrue the commercial success I've had as anything other than an example of what black music is capable of. And what it's capable of is being more than just black. I'm not black or white anymore. I'm Cee Lo Green.
~ CeeLo Green
Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.
~ N. R. Narayana Murthy
The most powerful moral influence is example.
~ Huston Smith
I am continually embarrassed by people who point me out as an example of what can be done without training.
~ Kate Smith
There are leaders vocally, and there are leaders by example. I think I'm starting to become better at being a leader vocally, just talking on the court.
~ Trey Burke
I kind of live my life as an example, and I just never felt like I had to be on the cover of a magazine announcing that I was gay; it's just who I am. I just live my life, and I never really thought about it.
~ Jonathan Knight
For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most cases, just one system is enough. For example, the human body is a system of systems. If just one system, such as the cardiovascular system, shuts down, death follows.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are not superhuman. They are ordinary people with ordinary frailties. But therein lies the power of their example.
~ Russell M. Nelson
If your kids see what you eat, they will probably eat it, too. I'm not going to use the old-school policy of what my mother did and say to my kids, 'Well, if you are hungry enough, you will eat what I put on the table!' I think my kids have an understanding that if they see what their parents do, they should follow, too.
~ Michael Strahan
When I got to be a CEO, I said: 'Right. I'm now going to tackle gender inequality head-on. I'm going to make a difference and lead by example and actively put in place policies and practices to support women.'
~ Gail Kelly
We've been working our tail off and lead by that example.
~ Ed Rendell
When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.
~ Naomi Judd
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
~ Magic Johnson
It is essential that we put an end to steroid abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow, so that some day, when they make it in the All Star Game, it will be because of their own natural talents, and not because of a performance enhancing product.
~ Jim Sensenbrenner