By Example Quotes

In North America, hip-hop and urban music are much more developed than it could be in Europe, except for a couple of markets like France, for example, or Germany, they're a little bit more aware.

I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.

I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.

This ambiguity is another example of a growing problem with mathematical notation: There aren't enough squiggles to go around.

History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse.

I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

Jesus Christ as only an example will crush you. You'll never be able to live up to it. But Jesus Christ as the Lamb will save you.

Being a good example teaches others to be good.

Example is more powerful than precept.

A person would have to change himself in order to be a living example of what he's singing about.

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.

Pride comes from a place of real acknowledgment that somebody's actually living their life for themselves, and I want to be that example for my son.

Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.

Example has far more followers than reason.

What you learn from bad habits and in bad society you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you.

For me, the life of the angler is an almost flawless example of how not to have a good time.

People are studying whether there's a cause of action that competitors, for example, would have if they're harmed by these foreign government payments.

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

The physics of motion provides one of the clearest examples of the counter-intuitive and unexpected nature of science.

My take is that the kind of complexity which says we can always generate complexity from simple interactions following for example rules.

I’m not a liberal elite who was educated in the northeast, for example, I’m just a kid from Mississippi.

Curiosity, or the love of knowledge, has a very limited influence, and requires youth, leisure education, genius and example to make it govern any person

It is of great importance to me to be an example for young people of my country.

First, a few words about this title. It isn't easy, coming up with book titles. A lot of the really good ones are taken. Thin Thighs in 30 Days, for example. Also The Bible.

Hiding our true thoughts and feelings is just one example of how we give our power away.

[Christians] practiced moderation and chastity in marriage, for example, and Galen was puzzled at how they were able to do so. His comments are a kind of back-handed compliment, I suppose.

The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in fact we're wired to do the new, not to comply with someone a thousand miles away.

Virginia Woolf was one example. She was called the "Lover of 100 Gangsters."

Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example.

The Social Wishlist on Facebook is a great example of everything right about social media.

I hope that my new status will be an example of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, I believe that the destinies of the Israeli people and the Palestinian people are inextricably linked.

This is an example of hypocrisy

I just want to be a great example to younger kids.

With wealth, I can do pretty much what I want. But you've got to provide a good example because you have a lot of people that look up to you now.

If Europe’s example is any guide, here are the two secrets of coping with expensive oil: own fuel-efficient cars, and don’t drive them too much.

The most powerful teaching of children is by the example of their parents.

Nietzsche's ideas and plans: for example, the idea of giving up the whole wretched academic world to form a secular monastic community.

Abraham Lincoln, in order to maintain the unity of the United Statesresorted to the use of force.so, I think Abraham Lincoln, president, is a model, is an example.

A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.

What example do you have of anything like the Pyramids outside of Africa? You have them in Mexico, but that can be traced to early African migration. So the African created mound culture.

Children (nay, and men too) do most by example.

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.

When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to take it personally.

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.

He who loves, never grows old. God it a shining example.

There is no - let me repeat - no example in the last quarter-century of a large, complex economy that has been successful with high taxes.

For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in the world. I've been sat down before.