Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another. It is the only means.

The blood that ran so close to her fair skin might have been a preserving fluid rather than a ravaging element; yet her look of indestructible youthfulness made her seem neither hard nor dull, but only primitive and pure.

Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.

Example is leadership.

There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

To confess my weakness, Ned, my ambition is so prevalent that I…would willingly risk my life, tho' not my character, to exalt my station. I'm confident that my youth excludes me from any hopes of immediate preferment, nor do I desire it, but I mean to prepare the way for futurity… My folly makes me ashamed, yet Neddy we have seen such schemes successful when the projector is constant. I shall conclude saying I wish there was a war.

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.

When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.

I don't want to just be the best player. I want to be a great person, too.

I regret the immaturity with which I approached the problems and tasks of the ministry but I do not regret the years devoted to the parish.