Emulate Quotes

• One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

  Epictetus

  Character, Role Models, Roles

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• When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

  Confucius

  Self, Endeavor, Worthy

  As quoted in "Top 100 Power Verbs" by Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, (p. 170), June 20, 2013.

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• The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else which makes you unique. The problem with most people is that they spend their lives trying to emulate others and so we have lots of copies but few originals.

  Walt Disney

  Unique, People, Trying

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• The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Life, Self Esteem

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• You must emulate the truth you exhort.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• Kids are sponges. They will emulate what they see and what they're exposed to.

  LeVar Burton

  Kids, Sponges, Exposed

  "LeVar Burton's App at the End of the Rainbow". The Root Interview, www.theroot.com. April 08, 2012.

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• I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.

  Taylor Swift

  Funny, Hair, Facts

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• Intelligence is that aspect of human cognition that we haven't managed to emulate yet.

  Rob Lowe

  Cognition, Aspect, Humans

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• I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

  Maynard James Keenan

  Artist, Unique, Trying

  "Unleashed: The Story of Tool". Book by Joel McIver, 2013.

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• Look at native cultures - they've lasted for tens of thousands of years, not doing everything right. We wouldn't want to emulate them in many ways, but their basic philosophies - being a part of nature, a part of a tribe or group without elevating, not what you call dominator philosophies - they lasted for tens of thousands of years. It took us to come and put them asunder.

  Tom Shadyac

  Philosophy, Years, Groups

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Always remember that your personality is your big asset. Do not try to emulate another person. Real personality comes from the heart.

  Thomas Watson, Jr.

  Real, Self Esteem, Heart

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• Sometimes we emulate the Pharisees more than we imitate Christ.

  R. C. Sproul

  Pharisees, Sometimes, Christ

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• I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

  Michael Johnson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where they actually have a learned faculty whose job it is to attempt to prevent the incursion of foreign words into the language. I love editing Harry with Arthur Levine, my American editor-the differences between 'British English' (of which there must be at least 200 versions) and 'American English' (ditto!) are a source of constant interest and amusement to me.

  J. K. Rowling

  Wise, Witty, Jobs

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• When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

  Confucius

  Wisdom, Fun, Men

  Confucius, Qian Sima (1938). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Modern Library

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• ...It's an unmeetable level of writing. But even if it's something I feel like I can't ever attain, it doesn't crush my spirit. I figured out early on that you gotta find your own strengths and hone them rather than trying to emulate something that impresses you.

  Paul Banks

  Crush, Writing, Trying

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• I tell young entrepreneurs to use the leader in their industry as a benchmark as they work to create their own brand. Dont look at what your competition is doing - if you emulate the leader in your industry, you will achieve a higher level of engagement with consumers and make their buying experience richer.

  Steve Stoute

  Young Entrepreneurs, Leader, Competition

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• I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Motivation, Hero, Opportunity

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• The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.'

  Tim Ferriss

  Wise, Book, Healthy

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• Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own.

  Alan Cohen

  Needs, Divinity, Want

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• Men nearly always follow the tracks made by others and proceed in their affairs by imitation, even though they cannot entirely keep to the tracks of others or emulate the prowess of their models. So a prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Men, Track, Imitating Others

  "Memorable Quotations: Philosophers of Western Civilization". Book by Carol Dingle, p. 144, July 26, 2000.

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• I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying
  to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

  Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

  Father, Trying, Would Be

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Guys like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sam Rockwell are the guys I look up to and have the kind of career Id like to emulate.

  Justin Long

  Careers, Guy, Looks

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• I do not believe great organizations have ever been built by trying to emulate another, any more than individual greatness is achieved by trying to copy another 'great person'.

  Peter Senge

  Believe, Greatness, Organization

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• If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Children, Boss

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