Top 100 By Example Quotes
#1. More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.
Paul D. Boyer
#3. I believe Islam was truly spread by example. So whatever good a Muslim does publicly will be seen - the same is true for the bad.
Cat Stevens
#4. The three most important ways to lead people are: ... by example ... by example ... by example.
Albert Schweitzer
#5. Noun leaders must have titles and positions. Verb leaders lead by example. Noun leaders say "listen to me" and "Obey me." Verb leaders say: :Follow me" and "Let me serve you." A movement will not survive under leaders that demand titles and positions.
Ralph W. Neighbour Jr.
#6. We who feel that justice is not being done have but one thing to do: that is fight, by argument, by example, by insistence on fair play wherever we have the power to do so. The rest is in the hands of the Lord, or nature, which swings, apparently, from one extreme to another.
Theodore Dreiser
#7. So, let us, you and I, for the sake of our brother man, individually strive by example and influence to lift the standard of thought and conduct from the low level of selfishness and self-indulgence up to the lofty realms of aspirational thought and self-denial.
Ossian Everett Mills
#8. Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.
Nelson Mandela
#9. Great leaders lead by example, not by making an example of others.
Stewart Stafford
#10. If you manipulate, coerce, and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example, you will need no power at all.
William Martin
#12. What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
Erica Jong
#13. My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.
Gloria Estefan
#14. To disarm a zealot, teach him truth by precept, and mildness by example.
Al-Kindi
#15. I'm not suffering Trisha, I've never suffered all these years, someone long back taught me by example that its very easy to be content with one's solitude. I've enjoyed mine all these years.
Dixy Gandhi
#16. Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.
Jim Sensenbrenner
#17. Lead by Example,not by showing samples
Seyi Ayoola
#18. It's great to be somewhat of a role model. I want to be a positive and good role model and lead by example and try to do the best I can. Playing good golf definitely draws attention, but I want to have a good attitude on the course and do the right things.
Rickie Fowler
#19. Even in early adulthood, men can't be told what to wear; they can only be subtly moved by example, encouragement, and a generally sophisticated atmosphere.
Russell Smith
#20. Each day you are leading by example. Whether you realize it or not or whether it's positive or negative, you are influencing those around you.
Rob Liano
#21. My mother never asked me to do anything she wouldn't do herself. She always taught by example.
Marie Osmond
#22. I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I set out to do, and I lead by example.
Daymond John
#23. Certain things you learn through exposure. It's really the elements which make up any artist. You really learn by example. You learn by influence. And some people have a huge impact on you, and that's how you become the artist you are.
Greg Lake
#24. Lead by example. Require strength, but first show it.
Robert Jordan
#25. Leaders lead by example. No leader asks more than he is prepared to give himself.
David Amerland
#26. I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect.
Adam Sandler
#27. I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.
Vivienne Westwood
#28. If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.
Ameen Rihani
#29. Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.
Julie Garwood
#30. You lead by fear or you lead by example. We were being led by fear.
Stephen E. Ambrose
#32. The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.
Drew Barrymore
#33. Life is never going to be perfect, as much as we want it to be, and I have to lead by example.
Patsy Kensit
#34. The greatest things I have learned from Coach Dungy would have to be humility and consistency. He truly leads by example, and he does it consistently. This allows people to really see his faith every single day, and that's the most important thing.
Ben Utecht
#35. I think I lead by example. I don't talk much. I talk when it's needed, but I just go out there and play hard every day and do it the right way.
Jrue Holiday
#36. I would say George Mitchell was like Clark Kent sometimes with his horn rimmed glasses and his very quiet manner. People say, well, he's just a quiet leader, but then he emerges as super hero and begins to move this legislation. He led by example.
Barbara Mikulski
#37. It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
Seneca The Younger
#38. Jeff [Gordon] doesn't sit down and explain things. We don't sit and have meetings where I'm the student. He really teaches by example. I've learned a lot on and off the racetrack.
Jimmie Johnson
#39. We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
Malcolm Gladwell
#40. As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.
Keith Henson
#41. Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock" (1 Pet. 5:3). My interpretation: "These leaders must lead by example for God's people to follow them" I did not say be an example, but by example. In this way they earn their respect from others.
Stephen Everett
#42. 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.
Nikki Sixx
#43. When you can't find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.
Roxane Gay
#44. It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.
Lauren Bush
#45. Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.
Confucius
#47. In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.
Rupert Murdoch
#48. I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.'
Joel Osteen
#49. The central activity of leadership is teaching - first by example, second by precept.
M. Russell Ballard
#50. It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example.
Cheryl Hines
#51. A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.
Joe DiMaggio
#52. All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
Tacitus
#53. You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example.
Jim Leyland
#54. Why - because as a oil and gas small business owner - I know if someone is not doing their job, they should not get paid. Again leadership by example.
Jeff Landry
#55. The best way for us to cultivate fearlessness in our daughters and other young women is by example. If they see their mothers and other women in their lives going forward despite fear, they'll know it's possible.
Gloria Steinem
#56. You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.
Roger Penske
#58. You can only lead by example, and you can only say it might be better for you if. But nobody can do anything until they're ready to do it. So you can sit down with a strong-minded young man of 24, as my son was at a point, and say now listen, this, this, this, and this.
Frank Langella
#59. Yes, I introduced the congressional pay cut bill, cutting our salaries by five percent. And I think we have to lead by example.
Ann Kirkpatrick
#60. Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree.
Myles Munroe
#61. Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be
the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention.
Larry Winget
#62. History is Philosophy teaching by example.
Thucydides
#63. I've always led by example and I'm not that vocal.
Scottie Pippen
#64. I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.
Amy Chua
#65. It's all about leading by example. Am I going to be perfect? Absolutely not.
Mo Williams
#66. Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.
Francine Prose
#67. The stroke has given me another way to serve people. It lets me feel more deeply the pain of others; to help them know by example that ultimately, whatever happens, no harm can come. 'Death is perfectly safe,' I like to say.
Ram Dass
#68. Jesus was a doer, and not only a talker. He led the way by example. He showed us how to live and minister to others.
Artur Pawlowski
#69. Living by example - that's always a better teacher than trying to preach.
Don Cheadle
#70. Leadership is an active, living process. It is rooted in character, forged by experience, and communicated by example.
John Baldoni
#71. People respond when they are taught, and that primarily by example, rather than preached at. Jesus modeled just this approach in His life."
~R. Alan Woods [2013]
R. Alan Woods
#72. With privilege comes responsibility, you must understand that. People expect us to lead by example and we shall not disappoint them.
Ben Elton
#73. It is one thing to lead by example with half a dozen soldiers at your back. It is wholly another with ten thousand.
Steven Erikson
#74. Among the most sacred gifts you can give your child is the gift of health. This gift is best given by example." Dr. Rand Olson
Rand Olson
#75. Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.
Keith Rabois
#77. I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
Dizzy Gillespie
#78. Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director.
Ricky Schroder
#79. I'm not a guy who is going to make a lot of noise. I hope to lead by example.
Todd Helton
#80. If experience is life's best teacher then why do we have to learn by example?
Terry Blakeman
#81. Always, always lead by example. Those whom you lead will be quick to grasp the true identity of a truly professional NCO and will be more willing to follow, obey and persevere.
Silas L. Copeland
#82. Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
#83. If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their children will probably follow.
Sandra Day O'Connor
#84. My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems.
Stephen King
#85. Of course there are certain things that get to me, but I try and lead by example and show people that, especially with haters, that you should just ignore them.
Kesha
#86. Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.
Tim Allen
#87. Will [Smith] is not like preachy. He's more like lead by example. There's two ways to approach Will. You can follow or you can watch and learn, and I just kind of watched him and learned how he dealt with people, how he dealt with life and how he approaches his own work.
Michael Ealy
#88. But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.
Gerry Adams
#89. Because America leads the world by example, it's no surprise that some might seek to imitate our domestic rules and regulations on a global scale.
Marsha Blackburn
#90. My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
Laila Ali
#91. If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over ... and over again.
Don Yaeger
#92. In my community everyone seems to listen or have an interest in what I have to say, what I'm wearing, or what I'm doing. They just follow what I do, I don't tell them to. I just try to lead by example.
Fashawn
#93. There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.
Albert Schweitzer
#94. I believe in the energy of art, and through the use of that energy, the artist's ability to transform his or her life, and by example, the lives of others.
Audrey Flack
#95. If you start giving your kids anxiety about food, it's going to last a lifetime. Moms have to lead by example. Don't say, "Oh, my jeans don't fit," or "Oh, I was bad." No diets. Nothing like that.
Bethenny Frankel
#96. It is the leader's job to lead by example and enforce the values and the behaviors to set the culture for any company or work group. Show me a company in rapid decline, and I will show you someone in charge who doesn't give a _.
Beth Ramsay
#97. Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.
Lee Haney
#99. Nature releases resistance sometimes slowly, other times powerfully, and always by example. Suddenly out of that calm comes momentum from a new direction.
Colleen Mariotti
#100. We have pledged to be the greenest government ever. We must lead by example ... We are not asking others to do things we will not do ourselves.
Charles Hendry
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