Example Quotes

As a father of young girls, I want to publicly thank all women who dress and carry themselves like ladies. Your example is a gift.

Kids pick up and absorb a lot more than you think they do. I try to do what I think is right, and I try to lead by example.

Barack Obama knows that America cannot be strong abroad unless we are strong at home. People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than the example of our power.

There is nothing more frustrating than a good example.

My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.

We should consider the histories of Christ three manner of ways; first, as a history of acts or legends; second, as a gift or a present; thirdly, as an example, which we should believe and follow.

[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that the Word of God may be among the people also in the form of music.

I'm one of the many people for whom coffee helps but often, inattention is a symptom of something else: for example, that you're not getting six to eight hours of sleep.

Sorrow also fulfills Desire. Example: the Soaps.

Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown of the Lady in the Garden.

Examples draw where precept fails, and sermons are less read than tales.

Mobile is the perfect example of what is enabling economic growth in the technology sector.

I don't get asked a lot of questions about science and the Bible, for example. Probably people just know I'm not very smart and I don't have an answer to those anyway.

I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids.

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.

To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.

Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.

In government procurement, for example, the opportunity German firms have in the United States is 10 times larger than in Canada.

We have a unique chance to heal divisions, give everyone a stake in the future and set an example as the most creative, innovative and progressive country in the world.

In Sweden for example people with PhDs have lower mortality than those with a masters degree. And people with a masters degree or a professional degree are not poor.

My favorite sitcom of all time is 'Cheers.' That's a perfect example of how, like, people made fun of Cliff, but you never got the sense that they didn't like Cliff.

Example is a bright looking-glass, universal and for all shapes to look into.

It's been so important that the Chamber of Commerce, for example, has hosted hiring fairs that are specifically targeted to military communities.

De Niro is a classic example of somebody who is iconic and who sort of effortlessly puts actors at ease the moment you meet him. I think it's also just something that he innately does with people.

I'm keenly aware of how important it is to set a good example. You may not think that your kids are paying attention to you, especially with something like money, but they probably are.

The schools can't cover all the values that go along with how you handle your money. For example, a financial literacy class might not teach me to hate debt the way my grandmother, Big Mama did.

Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.

The protestant world is in great need of examples (like these) that will beckon us to the fullness of God.

And so, now things that are important are, for example, the upcoming elections. It's important that society demonstrate that it is not pretending that these elections are elections.

All I want now is to be a nice, clean gentleman. I've proved my point. Now I'm going to set an example for all the nice boys and girls. I'm through talking

As an example of wealth, good taste, and subtle intimidation, it took first prize.

Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.

He - A.J.[Muste] never got much credit, never got much attention. For example, I wrote a biography of him and nobody ever heard of it.

I really envy, in some respects, some of the people of faith I've known - A.J.[Muste], for example.

An example is ObamaCare, which is now embattled in the Senate. If that goes through the way [Barack] Obama wants, we will have something very much like the British system.

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant.

Be a living, breathing example of the Highest Truth that resides within you.

There are countless space activities that would be no less exciting than the moon missions were, I have no doubt. The search for life on Mars, for example.

Well," he said, "f’r example, if they ask where you’ve come from, you could say ‘Behind me,’and if they asked where you’re going, you’d say ‘In front of me.

And money can't buy everything. For example: poverty.

Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a kind of nonviolence.

I love experimental writing, when it's good, and good examples are much more likely to be found in the short form.

I think Amy is a really difficult example. With any artist, none of us understands what it's like having the world's media scrutinising everything you do.

The conversations about a film are an example of success because then you know whatever you've done has resonated.

Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to.

I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.

I've often admired the way many Catholics who have left the priesthood, for example, have nevertheless remained sincere Catholics. They voted with their feet.

Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That's what the Bill of Rights is about, for example.

We should therefore be opposed to institutional barriers to that freedom: Military dictatorships, for example. Or states run by a Central Committee.

We should not want to permit providers, for example to have control over access.