Ozzy Osbourne Quotes

The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing. If I'm telling people I'm boxing and then I'm eating a burger tonight, it's because I am. I'm not cheating and eating a salad and then being like, 'Yeah! Burgers are cool!'

If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.

Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you're saying when you're being a hypocrite.

Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in.

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

When providing people with the direction and expected behaviors, you need to be alert to the fact that they will hold you accountable. People want to know if you are walking the talk. They will be watching your every move and you need to be one in the same... every minute of every day.

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

We must practice what we preach.

My power for good, whatever it may, would be gone if I didn’t try to live up to the doctrines I have tried to preach.

What you demand of others you should carry out yourself.

Live your own life; practice what you preach.

I think it's so important to practice what you preach - whether you're into riding cows to work or eating a burger after boxing, just do what you're telling your fans you're doing because you have to be real with them because they look up to you.

The great thing about my parents is they didn't preach anything they didn't practice.

If what you preach and what you do are inconsistent, your children will spot hypocrisy faster than anybody and do the opposite.

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

We're all hypocrites. We all say one thing and do another. But why don't we try to do what we say more than what we don't?

The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.

Practice yourself what you preach.

We are practicing what we preach so that we may preach what we practice.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.

You shouldn't have one opinion when you're running and another when you're president.

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.