Example Quotes

"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example."

"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means."

"There are some things that we are always thinking about. For example, when will speech recognition be good enough for everybody to use that? And we have made a lot more progress this year on that. I think we will surprise people a bit on how well we will do on our speech recognition."

"Few things are harder to put up with than a good example."

"The Times Reader is a powerful example of how companies can use software to forge new types of customer connections that span beyond the browser to the desktop and mobile devices. The New York Times is setting a standard not only for media organizations, but for all companies looking for new ways to interact with consumers through software."

"There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!"

"Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?"

"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

"He teaches me to be good that does me good."

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

"Nothing preaches better than the act."

"A good example is the best sermon."

"Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility"

"Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs."

"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

"Example is the best precept."

"The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society."

"I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing."

"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me."

"Long droughts have been implicated in the collapse of many ancient civilizations on virtually every continent, including our example in eastern Africa, the Mayan in Central America and many others."