Nothing is so contagious as an example. We never do great good or evil without bringing about more of the same on the part of others.
~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates em. You're not gonna change any of them by talking right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.
~ Harper Lee

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil.
~ Henry Miller

Example is a bright looking-glass, universal and for all shapes to look into.
~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.
~ Dwight L. Moody

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

A young girl was asked: ''Whose preaching brought you to Christ?'' ''It wasn't anybody's preaching; it was Aunt Mary's practicing,'' he replied. The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
~ George E. Mueller

I've always led by example and I'm not that vocal.
~ Scottie Pippen

The position of First Lady has no rules, just precedent, so its evolution has been at a virtual standstill for years. If Martha Washington didn't do it, then no one is sure it should be done.
~ Paula Poundstone

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
~ Proverb

Practice what you preach.
~ Proverb

Precept guides, but example draws.
~ Proverb

You train people how to treat you by how you treat yourself.
~ Martin Rutte

Example is leadership.
~ Albert Schweitzer

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
~ Albert Schweitzer

The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.
~ Seneca

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not an example.
~ George Bernard Shaw

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
~ Don Shula

Be careful how you live; you will be the only Bible some people ever read.
~ William J. Toms

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
~ Mark Twain