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Quotes About Example

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
~ Pope John Paul II
Discipline is not consistency, and the reason why I say that is - like, for an example, making prayer five times a day, that establishes routine and consistency. That I can do. And having certain fundamental consistencies in business, can do. But time management, outside of that, that's where that's a challenge.
~ Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Personally, I consider 'Titanic' the most brilliant example of successful counterprogramming; the film actually countered itself by embedding an epic chick flick within a classic disaster movie.
~ Diablo Cody
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
~ Michael Caine
I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing.
~ David Furnish
You should be an example for your children. I show my three children what I am and expect them to live by certain controls. But, by the grace of god, they are good kids.
~ K. J. Yesudas
I don't think anyone would look at Colombia today and say that it is failing. This positive outcome is an example of the effective application of smart power - it is succeeding.
~ James G. Stavridis
I was always told I had to be an example to my siblings. I was told to toe the line. So I had to behave.
~ Teresita Sy-Coson
If you're glued together right and honorable, you will succeed. Get in there and get rid of stupidities and avoid bad people. Try teaching that to your grandchildren. The best way is by example. Fix yourself.
~ Charlie Munger
I am a living example of PM Modi's tolerance... he forgave me though I publicly attacked him.
~ Smriti Irani
Being a good example is the best form of service.
~ Sathya Sai Baba
I'd like to suggest that the Golden Rule is perhaps the most potent political weapon we Christians have today. And I don't say this because I'm Anabaptist but because empathy is at the bottom of the Golden Rule. If we as Christians with a faithful witness would set the example, not by way of reaction but by way of reasoned empathy, we might set the tone for more shalom in our world.
~ Scot McKnight
If we as Christians with a faithful witness would set the example, not by way of reaction but by way of reasoned empathy, we might set the tone for more shalom in our world.
~ Scot McKnight
In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
~ Voltaire
At times our children may not be in possession of a good spirit; but if the parent continues to possess the good Spirit, the children will have the bad spirit but a short time.
~ Brigham Young
Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog is capable of.
~ Ti West
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep and never to refrain when awake.
~ Mark Twain
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example. It is still clinging to one or two things which were useful once, but which are not useful now, neither are they ornamental.
~ Mark Twain
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. —Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
~ Mark Twain
Even a wasted life stands as an important example and therefore can never be useless.
~ Mark Wallace
Your life is not your own," he said. "Keep your hands off it." "What use is it to anyone?" "How can you tell? The example of patient suffering is in itself the most precious of all lessons to an impatient world." The
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Your life is not your own," he said. "Keep your hands off it." "What use is it to anyone?" "How can you tell? The example of patient suffering is in itself the most precious of all lessons to an impatient world.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
To form a judgment intuitively is the privilege of few; authority and example lead the rest of the world. They see with the eyes of others, they hear with the ears of others. Therefore it is very easy to think as all the world now think; but to think as all the world will think thirty years hence is not in the power of every one.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Like O'Rielly, we'll grab the most important word of each sentence... 'The' for example. Also, I'll say, 'I'm angry,' and the graphic will read, 'Colbert angry.
~ Stephen Colbert