Glennon Doyle Melton Quotes

Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do.

I think the way kids learn most is not by what you say, but by what you do.

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

You can't say one thing and behave another way. Kids learn more from watching you in life than what you say to them.

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say.

I've learned something about kids - they don't do what you say; they do what you do.

I never asked my children to do something I didn't show them that I could also do.

Teach not with your words, but with your actions; not with discussion but with demonstration. For it is what you do that your children will emulate, and how you are that they will become.

I think 'Actions speak louder than words' is one thing, I think, I always took from my mom. And to this day, I think about that in everything I do.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.

Kids are the ultimate form of motivation. They're watching. They're mimicking. They're an extension of you. So you have to win.

Children need parents who model self-discipline rather than preach it. They learn from what their parents are actually willing to do; not from what they say they do.

A lot of people preach and talk, but I think the only way to preach is to actually do things.

Don't just tell your kids to be active and to get outside and play. Lead by example.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

You can't tell your kids to read if you're just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect, I think it's important to walk the walk. It's a wonderful shared time.

My theory is children don't do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.

If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.

Whatever you want your child to learn, you have to model that every day. There's no more waiting around. Once you have a child, there's no dress rehearsal anymore.

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.

Example is the best precept.

I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I did what they did.