Quotes About Example

You don't need too much to have an agenda of how to father. You just have to be a good person. The interactions at home between you and your spouse and the way you deal with your kids in certain situations, that's what they take.

Was Islam spread by them through force and coercion? No. They preached Islam by personal example.

I believe Islam was truly spread by example. So whatever good a Muslim does publicly will be seen - the same is true for the bad.

To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.

Saddam Hussein has set an example of defiance, especially against the first President Bush, that other Arab leaders cannot and should not emulate; the example leads only to empty gestures and developmental stagnation, both of which the Arab nations have had enough of already.

The greatest impact you can have on people is never what you say but how you live... You set the standard with your actions. The words can come after.

It's easy to be patient because you have a guy in the room like Eli Manning who comes in every day, one of the first people in the building and one of the last ones to leave and he's been in the league as long as he has. So that's what it takes to continue to get better, and he sets the standard, and I need to reach it.

Maher Arar's case stands as a sad example of how we have been too willing to sacrifice our core principles to overarching government power in the name of security, when doing so only undermines the principles we stand for and makes us less safe.

His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father.

To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.

The learned man's life itself shines as the message for mankind.

Live in such a way that men may recognize that you have been with Jesus.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

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.

Goals incapable of attainment have driven many a man to despair, but despair is easier to get to than that -- one need merely look out of the window, for example.

Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.

I love my father as the stars — he's a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.

It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.

Our own life has to be our message.

Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example.

Globalisation has changed the world, and football is the perfect instrument to set an example and to help adapt to this new world.

It's so amazing to be able to speak to women across the world and be an example to the next generation.

I think it is important to lead from the front no doubt.

when children are ready to learn, we need to be there. And second, we need to be found displaying through our actions, the priorities and values that we want our children to learn.