Example Quotes

• Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Albert Schweitzer, William Larimer Mellon (1996). “Brothers in Spirit: The Correspondence of Albert Schweitzer and William Larimer Mellon, Jr”, p.18, Syracuse University Press

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• The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspiring, Sports, Memorial Day

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• Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, Wisdom, Taken

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3128, Delphi Classics

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

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Motivational, Business

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 19, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• There is a transcendent power in example.

  Sophie Swetchine

  Transcendent

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• Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

  Edmund Burke

  Children, School, Action

  'Letters on a Regicide Peace' Letter 1 (1796)

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• You can share your testimony in many ways, by the words you speak, by the example you set, by the manner in which you live your life.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Live Your Life, Words You Speak, Way

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• Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own lines.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Mom, Mother, Children

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• Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Leadership, Education

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• The best way to understanding is a few good examples.

  Isaac Newton

  Understanding, Way, Best Way

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• The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

  James Madison

  Miracle, Liberty, World

  James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.28, University of Virginia Press

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• A leader leads by example not by force.

  Sun Tzu

  Encouragement, War, Army

  "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, translated by Chow-Hou Wee, (Chapter IX), 2003.

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• A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Simple, Men, Good Man

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.99, Race Point Publishing

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• Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Character, Followers, Literature

  "Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (Volume I)". Book by Christian Nestell Bovee, 1862.

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• I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.

  Misha Collins

  Kindness, Thinking, Differences

  "Supernatural’ Star Misha Collins’ Charity, Random Acts, Teams With MacDonald Motorsports For NASCAR Sponsorship" by Laura Prudom, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 31, 2012.

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• Preach by example of your lives rather than by words. Example is the very best sermon.

  Rose Philippine Duchesne

  Sermons

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• Nothing is so contagious as example.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Contagious

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• So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Death, Peace, Government

  Elbert Hubbard (1901). “A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things: As Written”

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• May we be faithful followers of Christ, examples of righteousness, thus becoming lights in the world.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Light, Faithful, Followers

  FaceBook post by Thomas S Monson from Oct 05, 2014

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• Example is the best precept.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Wisdom

  Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

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• The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Positive, Forgiveness, Respect

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• The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Grandmother, Men, Good Man

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• The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Age, Complaining, Able

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• He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

  Francis Bacon

  Hands, Giving, Advice

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  A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

  Joe DiMaggio

  Inspirational, Life, Baseball

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