Setting An Example Quotes

For me the music community was always like a model for what could be. The way people would play together, just harmony and being – old guys and young guys, black guys and white guys. It was setting an example for what the rest of us could be.

You can’t substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

I can’t think of any more important value to instill in our children than the desire to help others. I feel strongly about setting an example for them. Real problems can be solved by the next generation if we instill in them the right values.

Obviously you can look at things however you choose to and I’m not proud of some people in sports, but I don’t really look at it as my calling to be out there setting an example. I just try to treat people the way the I want to be treated – with respect and some dignity.

There are certain men born in this world, and they’re supposed to die setting an example for the rest of the weak bastards we’re surrounded with.

A good example is far better than a good precept.

A good example has twice the value of good advice

Remember that a good example is the best sermon.

Setting too good an Example is a Kind of slander seldom forgiven.

I just want to leave a positive memory of setting an example and bringing our youth with us.

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

Setting an example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

A good example is the best sermon.

It doesn’t matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

The parent knows instinctively that if they’re working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education.