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• I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Example, Honorable, Profitable

  Thomas Jefferson, J. Jefferson Looney (2004). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815”, p.167, Princeton University Press

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• It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.

  Patrick Macnee

  Thinking, People, Acting

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. September 17, 2003.

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• There's the pressure of being a No. 1 on the call sheet, being a lead actor. There's almost this feeling like being captain of the team. You want to put a bit of energy into actually setting a good example.

  Joel Edgerton

  Team, Feelings, Energy

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

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• I am a firm believer in The Paleo Solution. I maintain a hectic schedule that starts early and finishes late. Filming a television series, maintaining my fitness, and being a mom can be harrowing some days. Since adopting a Paleo way of eating I look and feel better, and I know that I am setting a good example for my daughter.

  Eva LaRue

  Mom, Daughter, Feel Better

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• We wanted to set a good example for the growing number of divers watching.

  Lloyd Bridges

  Numbers, Example, Growing

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• The best inheritance a father can leave his children is a good example.

  John Walter Bratton

  Children, Father, Daddy

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• It is almost impossible for children and youth to find their way through the seas of life without the guiding light of a good example.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Life, Children, Light

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• So OK, it's your special big Four-O birthday But don't expect me to be obsequious and fawning You, being you, can't possibly be a good example So do try, at least, to serve as a warning

  John Walter Bratton

  Funny, Birthday, Meaningful

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• The Cross is not simply a lovely example of sacrificial love. Throwing your life away needlessly is not admirable — it is wrong. Jesus’ death was only a good example if it was more than an example, if it was something absolutely necessary to rescue us. And it was. Why did Jesus have to die in order to forgive us? There was a debt to be paid — God himself paid it. There was a penalty to be born — God himself bore it. Forgiveness is always a form of costly suffering.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Order, Lovely

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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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• I don't want to come over all po-faced, because ultimately Sherlock is just entertainment, but if I can, I want to try to set a good example.

  Louise Brealey

  Trying, Example, Want

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• The general tendency towards an eight-hour working day has undoubtedly been healthful, and it is wise for the State to set a good example as an employer of labor, both as to the number of hours of labor exacted and as to paying a just and reasonable wage.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Wise, Eight, Numbers

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• God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Example, Want, Observing

  Joni Eareckson Tada (2012). “Making Sense of Suffering”, p.13, Rose Publishing Inc

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• A fast word about oral contraception. I was involved in an extremely good example of oral contraception two weeks ago. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said 'no'.

  Woody Allen

  Girl, Two, Bed

  "Standup Comic". 1999.

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• No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.

  George Washington

  Political, Storm, Example

  George Washington (1835). “The writings of George Washington: being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes, and illustrations”, p.206

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• We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.

  George Herbert

  Age, Example, Needs

  George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.8

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• So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.

  Edmund Spenser

  Example, Doctrine, Gracious

  "The First Book of Spenser's Faerie Queene".

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

  Geri Halliwell

  Example, Feels, Settings

  "Geri blossoms". Interview with Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2007.

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• I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids.

  Mia Hamm

  Kids, Long, Worry

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• The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.

  Jesse Helms

  Winning, Secret, Opponents

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• Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

  Douglas Horton

  Thinking, Example, Deeds

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• Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave.

  Wendell Phillips

  Example, Speak, Authority

  Wendell Phillips (1864). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.114

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• If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning." -Gwen Goodnight

  Jennifer Crusie

  Inspirational, Dance, Example

  Jennifer Crusie (2011). “Faking It”, p.17, Macmillan

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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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• Whoever would change men must change the conditions of their lives.

  Theodor Herzl

  Good Life, Men, Example

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