Quotes about example

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it for charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and civic causes, your children won't either. And if parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

Parents must try to be, or at least put forth their best efforts to be, what they wish [their] children to be. It is impossible for you to be an example of what you are not.

Kid's don't care how many sermons you preach to them. The only sermon they'll hear is how you live your life in front of them.

The greatest lessons I learned from my father didn't come from lectures or discipline or even time spent together. What has stuck with me is his example. From watching, I chose whether to be or not to be like him.

The greatest reward for your actions is not the respect you gain from others but the respect you gain for yourself.

If you want to be a good parent then be a great leader. You should live a life with passion for someone and something. The legacy you leave your children shouldn't be how you suffered in gratitude for a life you had no passion for. Rather, it should be how grateful you are to a God that believes fairytales can come true because they came true for you.

With privilege comes responsibility, you must understand that. People expect us to lead by example and we shall not disappoint them.

The Coin of Life example: Say you have a coin with heads on one side and tails on the other side. One side would mean good and the other bad, based on your interpretation or bet of which side of the coin represents a win for you. However, you can't decide the outcome and the coin flips many times throughout your life. Finding balance is flipping the coin in such a way that neither of the sides is of greater importance to you, but if the coin lands on the middle bit, you realize that the space be

In his life Christ is an example showingus how to live in his death he is a sacrifice satisfying our sins in his resurrection a conqueror in his ascension a king in his intercession a high priest.

Maybe the best way for you to get us to summon our better selves is for you to show us yours.

Be careful how you live. Someone is always watching and will look to you as an example, an excuse, or a warning. The message some choices send is why struggle to do the right thing when you can do the wrong thing and be happy. Should we be happy or should we be right?

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

The more surely you rear your children in the ways of the gospel of Jesus Christ, with love and high expectation, the more likely that there will be peace in their lives. Set an example for them. That will mean more than all the teaching you can give them. Do not overindulge them. Let them grow up with respect for and understanding of the meaning of labor, of working and contributing to the home and its surroundings, with some way of earning some of their own expense money. Let your sons save fo

The last thing Pa and Big Ma wanted to hear was how we made a grand Negro spectacle of ourselves thirty thousand feet up in the air around all these white people.

A leader learned to follow, and serves the followers who are learning to lead. ~T.F. Hodge

The witness of solid moral character to a righteous way of life must never be underestimated.

A Martial Artist may become A professional fighter but not every Fighter is capable of becoming A martial artist. Martial Arts are about restoration of physical and spiritual balance and fluidity; they are about observing restraints and 'setting example'. Every practice session is A reminder of the play of opposites (yin and yang), . . . .

Your life is a personal lesson. For everyone else it is a loud example.

In the middle of a grocery store, two children were horsing around (one holding the other in a headlock) when the mother turned abruptly to give them a stern repr

You can't make me be nice.You can't make me be good.You can't make me be

Most people don't accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others.

Comparisons are like rigid fingers—eager to point at a subject but unwilling to grasp it.

One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.

For example, the citizens will live out the value of diligence in their enterprises. They will live out the value of prudence in their finances. They will live out the value of industry in the economy. They will live out the value of love in their neighbourhood. They will live out the value of dignity of labour in the market place, etc. All these will go a long way into propelling both the economy and political life of a nation to the greatest height possible.

To lead by example is to offer your life as a living diarry for others to read. Never make your life pages blank make some marks there. Many people are reading you.

Worry not that your child listens to you worry most that they watch you.

Many overlook the fact that Jesus was homeless. He did not only teach the poor He lived among them.

The Lord, Jesus Christ, is our perfect example of patience.

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

I do think that Japan will be one of the nations that have equality, and that, too, will serve as an example for other Asian nations.

Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.

Revelations are conveyed in a variety of ways, including, for example, dreams, visions, conversations with heavenly messengers, and inspiration. Some revelations are received immediately and intensely; some are recognized gradually and subtly.

J. G. Ballard is just an example of the writers I like. Philip K. Dick is obviously one of them. I'm a big fan of William Gibson as well. He started cyberpunk with 'Neuromancer.' I've come to know him a little bit over Twitter, of all places, and I was always a huge fan of his. It's very cool to know he even knows I exist.

Republicans use think tanks to come up with a lot of their messages. The think tanks are the single worst, most undisciplined example of communication I've ever seen.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.

The greatest work you will ever do is charity; the most divine work you will ever do will be changing people’s perception of God, while you’re doing charity.

Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah’k’hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example.

Think about someone, such as a teacher who may have inspired you. Their care and love must have shone through. That is the reason to follow those who set a good example of life.

Person of Interest is an example of series which have a lot of reverses... what if somebody knows a lot of about you?? And you don't him??You are not famous and he doesn't exist as a person?? WOW, isn't it awesome??

I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working.

And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records.

Procedures outside the stadiums and in the parking areas still need to be optimized, for example so that emergency medical services can leave the grounds on their way to the hospital faster.

Technology doesn't address everything - for example, air travel still sucks.

To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

The knish is a classic example of peasant food evolving into comfort food and even sophisticated fare.

A good example is far better than a good precept.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Example is the best precept.

Example is leadership.

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.

If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.

According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system of material effects that can never be influenced by something from outside - like God, for example.

Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated - Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example.

I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example.

From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.

God sent Jesus as an example to see if we could retain and maintain the Holy Spirit in human flesh.

I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

Nearly all inventions are not recognised for their positive side either when they're made. So, for example, scientists didn't go out to design a CD machine: they designed a laser. But we got all sorts of things from a laser which we never remotely imagined, and we're still finding things for a laser to do.

Love is nothing more than an example of a emotion which is build on pressure.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

None preaches better than the ant and she says nothing.

Example is more efficacious than precept.

Children have more need of models than of critics.

The perfect example of Darwinism is what technology has done to businesses.

Leaders decorate the world character is their paint. They live exemplary life and make the world better than they found it.

I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online.

In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded.

Interestingly enough, whenever I cite examples from superhero comic books in a lecture, my students never wonder when they will use this information in their "real life". Apparently they all have plans, post-graduation, that involve protecting the City from all threat while wearing spandex. As a law-abiding citizen, this notion fills me with a great sense of security, knowing as I do how many of my scientist colleagues could charitably be termed "mad".

The minister is the parish clock. Many people take their time from him.

Every good man resists others in those points in which he resists himself.

Fellow-Christians, do let us study the Bible portrait of the humble man. And let us ask our brethren, and ask the world, whether they recognize in us the likeness to the original.

The gospel messages you share will be accepted more readily if your Christlike example is evident in the ongoing pattern of your posts.

Christ manifests his divine leadership in your sincere followership. Christ's followers become true leaders because Christ is the model of true leadership.

At the beginning, I thought the best Islamic work was in Spain - the mosque in Cordoba, the Alhambra in Granada. But as I learned more, my ideas shifted. I traveled to Egypt, and to the Middle East many times.I found the most wonderful examples of Islamic work in Cairo, it turns out. I'd visited mosques there before, but I didn't see them with the same eye as I did this time. They truly said something to me about Islamic architecture.

If I’m surprised at where I’m at, it’s probably because I’m not listening to the reality that listening to the voices that I’ve listened to have put me here. So, maybe I should be less surprised and more disappointed.

Be more than a father, be a dad. Be more than a figure, be an example.

If I want religion, I know where to look for it - and if for example I don't want it, then why should it be forced on me in media and public spaces?

God doesn't call us to mediocrity. He calls us to a greater standard that doesn't teach us to tear people down to reach him, but to lift others up. Be the type of person that when people walk away from you, they know who you represent!

What would Jesus do" is a good thing but it would be better if we did not leave it so open and asked What did Jesus Do?

Being an example to others is a requirement of following Jesus, even though none of us will ever be a perfect example.

Jesus Christ died to save us from our sins; we tend to concentrate on that merciful fact. But isn't it also true He lived to show us a lifestyle free from sin? So, wouldn't following in his footsteps be something like preventative medicine?

Jesus came to serve, and He wants you to follow His example.

In our modern world, we often separate faith from practice. But the way of Jesus rejects this notion. Only living our faith offers the credibility to teach our faith. Anything less is less that the teachings of Christ.

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

CHAPTER VIConcerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One's Own Arms And AbilityLET no one be surprised if, in speaking of entirely new principalities as I shall do, I adduce the highest examples both of prince and of state; because men, walking almost always in paths beaten by others, and following by imitation their deeds, are yet unable to keep entirely to the ways of others or attain to the power of those they imitate. A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men,

I don't enjoy talking about what I am going to do. I prefer just letting folks just find out what I've done.

I’ve had a lot of lieutenants over the years, and all the good ones were sick, sick individuals. You might be the best one yet.

It is when I am cold, alone, bitterly forlorn and shuttered from all hope that you will see who I truly am. And my goal is that at those most precarious of moments, what you will see is Jesus holding you through my tears.

Motivation???- Horror is nice one!- Creepypasta is an example for such genre.

When the whispers of fear and doubt start screaming inside of you, turn up the volume of your courage by focusing on your faith, energizing through example, living to learn, and learning to love and be loved better.

The concept of leadership is abused by people who think a person becomes a leader when he grows grey hair, put into a position and expected to function. Everyone has a leadership potential carried within in a specific area of his or purpose. Leadership is universal and built on trust.

A friend is not the shadow that mimics you, but the one who casts all shadows away.

Don’t chase people. Be an example. Attract them. Work hard and be yourself. The people who belong in your life will come find you and stay. Just do your thing.

What is certain is this, that I never rested in that way again, my feet obscenely resting on the earth, my arms on the handlebars and on my arms my head, rocking and abandoned. It is indeed a delporable sight, a deplorable example, for the people, who so need to be encouraged, in their bitter toil, and to have before their eyes manifestations of strength only, of courage and joy, without which they might collapse, at the end of the day, and roll on the ground.