By Example Quotes

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

Our girls have need of such an example of graciousness, elegance, refinement, and spirituality.

I find that the things that really, you know, get us fired up, tend to be things that, for example, things that you talk about tonight, what we see in the news.

This is an example of hypocrisy

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

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

In my own life I like to be poised and have a positive outlook on life, and I'm leading by example to my children and people around me.

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.

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.

Life is too short for us to keep important words, for example, 'I love you', locked in our hearts.

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.

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

Robert Gober, for example. He doesn't seem like somebody who is just going to show in a gallery that asks him to show. He's just making his work, and when he's ready, he's going to show it.

Atlanta's a good example of a city that's quite sprawling, where there's a sharp division between where blacks and whites live, between where low-income and high-income families live.

I'd make my whole collection with just one square of fabric. I wouldn't do anything else; everything had to be made from one square. This is just one example.

If you see how a plant grows and you taste it in situ you have a perfect example of how it should taste on the plate.

The right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example.

In any relationship there are certain doors that should never be opened. The bathroom door, for example.

Men accept compliments much better than women do. Example: "Mitch, you look great." Mitch: "Thanks." On the other side: "Ruth, you look great." Ruth: "I do? Must be the lighting."

He set the example for all of us to humble ourselves before our Heavenly Father.

I believe that anybody with Mandela's capacity to endure hardship and then forgive is a born leader and example to us all.

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.

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.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

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

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.

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

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

Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.

The text [The Skeptical Environmentalist] employs the strategy of those who, for example, argue ...that Jews weren't singled out by the Nazis for extermination.

If I am in Moscow for example and one night I decide to go out to my friend's house why should I come back at eight o'clock in the morning to my house to be checked?

By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.

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.

The first step in fixing a broken program is getting it to fail repeatably [on the simplest example possible].

In practicing the art of parenthood, an ounce of example is worth a ton of preachment.

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

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.

I set a good example with my way of being, eating, acting, speaking.

What inspires me is my daughter because I want to set a good example for her, as does my wife.

It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.

Thinking is to man what flying is to birds. Don’t follow the example of a chicken when you could be a lark.

History is littered with examples of men who would become gods, but only one example of God becoming Man.

I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example.

I'm very much a lead by example person.

I'm not on a health kick. I know I should take vitamins, for example, but I forget half the time. I just can't be bothered carrying around a lot of little bottles.

Authority and example lead the world.

The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.