quotations about example
Authority and example lead the world.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
attributed, Day's Collacon
An ounce of example is better than a ton of precept.
ENGLISH PROVERB
Those who know what is right, should set the example of practicing it; and those who persist in doing wrong must be made an example, to deter others from doing the same.
GEORGE CRABB
English Synonyms Explained
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
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
We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
MOHANDAS GANDHI
attributed, Treasury of Spiritual Wisdom