Quotes About Example

Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need, though it be your example which leaves them far behind. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon it to them.

The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example?

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her conviction, her discipline. She would rather see other people happy than herself.

If I, being a mother of two, can win a medal, so can you all. Take me as an example and don't give up.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness and industry.

I think it's really important for my daughter to see her parents being physically fit and for that to be a part of her life. The examples we set for her will stay with her the rest of her life.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

My mother never asked me to do anything she wouldn't do herself. She always taught by example.

People must not only hear about the kingdom of GOD, but must see it in actual operation, on a small scale perhaps and in imperfect form, but a real demonstration nevertheless.

The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

Whether you know it or not, you are a role model for somebody. Watch what you say and know that you're responsible for your actions.

He never pays attention, he always knows the answer, and he can never tell you how he knows. We can't keep thrashing him. He is a bad example to the other pupils. There's no educating a smart boy.

I would give up, but that will teach my kids that it's okay to be a failure and I refuse to ruin their lives like that!

Great leaders lead by example, not by making an example of others.

As always, the solutions is the simplest way: we have to start and lead by example.

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.

It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership.... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.

The Son of God took our nature, and in it took upon himself to teach us by both word and example even to the point of death, thus binding us to himself through love.

Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the globe to another - you will find none.

I'm not a preacher, and I'm certainly not a good example, but I have my own feelings about God. I'm kind of a nature guy. My cathedral is forests, or the prairies, or the beach.

We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.