Demonstrating Quotes

• The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds

  Nelson Mandela

  Real, Deeds, Spoken Word

  Twitter post from Aug 28, 2016

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• Genius is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance.

  Eric Lau

  Inspirational, Ignorance, Knowing

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• Health is an announcement of agreement between your body, mind and spirit. Honor your body, keep it in good shape. When you are not healthy, look to see which parts of you disagree. Your body will demonstrate the truth to you. Notice what it is showing you, listen to what it is saying.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Spiritual, Truth, Health

  FaceBook post by Neale Donald Walsch from Jun 26, 2010

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• It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

  Roberto Benigni

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thank You

  "Talking Shop At Oscar Time". Interview with Kenneth L. Woodward, www.newsweek.com. July 2, 1999.

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• The best way to keep relationships happy, healthy, and supportive can be summed up in one word: appreciation. What you appreciate, appreciates. When we demonstrate our appreciation for the support we receive from others, it reinforces that behavior and deepens our connection to them.

  Marci Shimoff

  Relationship, Positive, Happy

  Marci Shimoff (2008). “Happy For No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy From the Inside Out”, p.254, Simon and Schuster

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• For the mission's sake, our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in the past battles - who fought for life and never lost their nerve - carry out your mission and keep your honor clean. Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine.

  James Mattis

  Life, Country, Military

  "Eve of Battle Speech". "The Weekly Standard" Magazine, March 1, 2003.

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• I would happily storm hell in the company of these troops ... how strongly they have demonstrated to the world that free men and women can fight like the dickens.

  James Mattis

  Inspirational, Courage, War

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• A man demonstrates his rationality, not by a commitment to fixed ideas, stereotyped procedures, or immutable concepts, but by the manner in which, and the occasions on which, he changes those ideas, procedures, and concepts.

  Stephen Toulmin

  Change, Commitment, Ideas

  "Human Understanding". Book by Stephen Toulmin (Volume 1 "The Collective Use and Evolution of Concepts", epigraph), 1972.

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• Peace is not automatic. It is a gift of the grace of God. It comes when hearts are exposed to the love of Christ. But this always costs something. For the love of Christ was demonstrated through suffering and those who experience that love can never put it into practice without some cost.

  Festo Kivengere

  Love, God, Christian

  Festo Kivengere, Dorothy Smoker (1977). “I Love Idi Amin: The Story of Triumph Under Fire in the Midst of Suffering and Persecution in Uganda”

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• Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Teacher, Teaching

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• The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public.

  Ron Paul

  Home, Support, Troops

  "The War Funding Bill". www.counterpunch.org. March 23, 2007.

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• The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.

  Howard Schultz

  Leader, Hardest, Vulnerability

  Source: money.cnn.com

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• Life may more than once call upon you to prove Who You Are by demonstrating an aspect of Who You Are Not.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Life, May, Aspect

  Neale Donald Walsch (2005). “The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.129, Penguin

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• Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience enable us to follow Jesus example. Long prayers, superstition, and creeds clip the strong pinions of love, and clothe religion in human forms. Whatever materializes worship hinders man's spiritual growth and keeps him from demonstrating his power over error.

  Mary Baker Eddy

  Love, Spiritual, Jesus

  "Science And Health".

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• I was trying to explain my situation to myself. My situation was that I was in pain and nobody knew it, even I had trouble knowing it. So I told myself, over and over, You are in pain. It was the only way I could get through to myself. I was demonstrating externally and irrefutably an inward condition.

  Susanna Kaysen

  Pain, Knowing, Over You

  Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.153, Vintage

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• Some philosophers can't bear to say simple things, like "Suppose a dog bites a man." They feel obliged instead to say, "Suppose a dog d bites a man m at time t," thereby demonstrating their unshakable commitment to logical rigor, even though they don't go on to manipulate any formulae involving d, m, and t.

  Daniel Dennett

  Dog, Commitment, Simple

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• In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response.

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  Sick, Healthy, Fitting

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• The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.

  Neil Armstrong

  Opportunity, Forever, Achievement

  Neil Armstrong's remarks at the Apollo 11 30th Anniversary Press Conference at Kennedy Space Center, history.nasa.gov. July 16, 1999.

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• Thank you... 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' for demonstrating a universal truth: Idiots like me will always watch idiots like you fight on TV. You will forever be in my TiVo.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Real, Fighting, Atlanta

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• Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on earth. [Message tapped out by Sarnoff using a telegraph key in a tabletop circuit demonstrating an RCA atomic battery as a power source.]

  David Sarnoff

  Science, Men, Keys

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• I think in the coming decade we will see well-conducted research demonstrating that emotional skills and competencies predict positive outcomes at home with one's family, in school, and at work. The real challenge is to show that emotional intelligence matters over-and-above psychological constructs that have been measured for decades like personality and IQ. I believe that emotional intelligence holds this promise.

  Peter Salovey

  Real, Believe, Home

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• Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.

  Harvey Mackay

  Jobs, Curiosity, Attention

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• Companies and their brands need to reach out and speak directly to consumers, to honor their values, and to form meaningful relationships with them. They must become architects of community, consistently demonstrating the values that their customer community expects in exchange for their loyalty and purchases.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Loyalty, Meaningful, Community

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• Cinema is the culmination of the obsessive, mechanistic male drive in western culture. The movie projector is an Apollonian straight-shooter, demonstrating the link between aggression and art. Every pictorial framing is a ritual limitation, a barred precinct.

  Camille Paglia

  Art, Males, Western Culture

  Camille Paglia (1990). “Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson”, Vintage

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