Example Quotes - Page 4

I try to be an example and live as Christ-like as I can.

I would point out that if you’re a believer in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change and that certainly wasn’t because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy.

If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds.

I feel like I am an example. And I hope my life is a testimony to show people no matter what you go through, how many hurdles are placed in front of you, how many bumps and bruises you get, to pick yourself up and be resilient and keep on trucking.

It is an example of what films can do, how they can slip past your defenses and really break your heart.

If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.

Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a consequence enlarges our understanding of what is happening.

The greatest barrier to evangelization today is bad example....Our strategy of evangelization must be based upon sanctity, upon our enthusiastic response to Christ's universal call to holiness.

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example.

Effective teaching involves explaining to our children what they're already observing in our lives by example.

The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.

Who said I was wise? I’m a professional bad example. You can learn a lot by watching me. Or listening to me. Either one.

Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.

We must motivate ourselves to do our very best, and by our example lead others to do their best as well.

Salvation is not some felicitous state to which we can lift ourselves by our own bootstraps after the contemplation of sufficiently good examples. It is an utterly new creation into which we are brought by our death in Jesus' death and our resurrection in his. It comes not out of our own best efforts, however well-inspired or successfully pursued, but out of the shipwreck of all human efforts whatsoever.

A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.

Give respect before you expect it. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Remember the mission. Set the example. Keep going.

To me, Sri Chinmoy is a source of higher power and an uplifting example of right attitude. He understands the human impulse to transcend one's present limited state of being, and his life exemplifies this.

Growth is a funny sort of concept. For example, our GNP increases every time we build a prison. Well, okay, it's growth in a sense.

Those who lead by example and demonstrate passion for what they do make it much easier for their followers to do the same.

Make your influence a good one. Act in a way you would be proud of even if the whole world was watching, because your example could mean the world to just one person.

Should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a schoolbook? Its morals are pure, its examples are captivating and noble....In no Book is there so good English, so pure and so elegant, and by teaching all the same they will speak alike, and the Bible will justly remain the standard of language as well as of faith.

From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.

Don't just read it; fight it! Ask your own question, look for your own examples, discover your own proofs. Is the hypothesis necessary? Is the converse true? ... Where does the proof use the hypothesis?

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