Example Quotes

 A collection of example quotes full of wisdom to encourage you to think about the example you set. May the words of wisdom inspire you to set a good example.

What we do is more powerful than what we say. Doing is the example that others see.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. Albert Einstein

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

A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice. Author Unknown, from The Road To Success is Always Under Construction

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like. Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
Wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson

A good example is the best sermon. English Proverb

Few things are harder to put up with than a good example. Wisdom from Mark Twain

Example is the best precept. Aesop

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 has more followers than reason. Christian Nevell Bovee

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence. George F. Will

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

You must inspire people to give it all they have by using yourself as an example. Byron & Catherine Pulsifer, more Common Traits of a Coach

What you have accomplished in the past is a much stronger example than talking about what you are capable of doing in the future. Actions do speak louder than words! Catherine Pulsifer, How Valuable Are You?

There are numerous examples of people throughout the world who have overcome handicaps to achieve great success. Dare 2 B U

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

None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. Wisdom from Benjamin Franklin

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid. Thomas a Kempis

Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves. Henry Wheeler Shaw

The personal example you set will do more to convince someone than all the eloquent speeches in the world. Catherine Pulsifer, Your Example

The best example of leadership, is leadership by example. Jerry McClain

Old people like to give good advice, since they can no longer set bad examples. La Rochefoucauld

…live, love, laugh, learn, and lead by example. Those five things are, I believe, the basis of life. Sean Swarner, Keep Climbing

His wry sense of humour and his stalwart courage were an inspiring example to so many. His ability to laugh at Life's idiosyncrasies and himself in a self deprecating way taught that most valuable of lessons: 'to be of good cheer, no matter what Life threw at you, and ever to find the hope that dwells in every human heart'. John McLeod,

To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. Oren Arnold

Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear; And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds, For to see good put in action is what everybody needs. Edgar A Guest

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

All great people of note also live through their example by that influence they have had on one person at a time. Catherine Pulsifer, Setting An Example

Remember this: you have more influence on other people than you may realize - make that influence a positive experience and they too can help further positive behavior with others through your example. Catherine Pulsifer, Motivational Rocks

If your thoughts are dwelling on your current circumstances, for example, same old job going nowhere, lots of debt, worrying about how you're going to survive, then this is what you will continue to attract to your life. Byron Pulsifer, Accept Where You Are Only As

Our own personal example of how a dream can turn into reality. Catherine Pulsifer, Dreams Can Be Achieved

A good example of Mark Twain's philosophy on life are found in the words of wisdom he once said: "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too can become great." Catherine Pulsifer, Inferior Without Consent

Old people like to give good advice, since they can no longer set bad examples. La Rochefoucauld

There are countless examples of people from every corner of the world who have tried and tried and tried before they were successful in a variety of areas. Byron Pulsifer, If All Else Fails

Whatever the problem is, someone has handled the same dissatisfaction and sculpted it into an example of greatness. David DeNotaris, Feeling Your Way Through Life



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