quotations about example
Authority and example lead the world.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
attributed, Day's Collacon
If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds.
H. BURKE PETERSON
"Prepare the Heart of Your Son", Ensign, Nov. 1982
Precept is instruction written in the sand; the tide flows over it and the record is gone; example is graven on the rock, and the lesson is not soon lost.
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
attributed, Day's Collacon
A prudent man will always try to follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been truly outstanding, so that, if he is not quite as skillful as they, at least some of their ability may rub off on him.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
The Prince
No precepts are sufficiently able to enforce what our example tends to destroy.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
MOHANDAS GANDHI
attributed, Treasury of Spiritual Wisdom