Quotes about Example
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
- Abraham Lincoln
Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say that although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible, still, while they continue in force, for the sake of example they should be religiously observed.
- Abraham Lincoln
Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
- Aesop
If we accord importance to the kind of portraits which surround us, it is because we fashion our lives according to their example, accepting aspects of ourselves if they concur with what others mention of themselves.
- Alain de Botton
Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children's lives.
- Stephen Covey
Only by taking Jesus' example into every part of our lives will we be able to win in life.
- Loren Cunningham
Everybody's life is either a warning or an example. You've got to decide what you're gonna be and you have to draw a line in the sand.
- Tony Robbins
The life of Christ was a life of humble simplicity, yet how infinitely exalted was his mission. Christ is our example in all things.
- Ellen White
My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing -- by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
- Dallas Willard
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 Monson
If all Christians acted like Christ, the whole world would be Christian.
- Mahatma Gandhi
More depends on my walk than talk.
- DL Moody