Seneca the Younger Quotes

The best thing we can do for other people is by example and not by preaching

If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.

There is no teaching to compare with example.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

Don't tell people how to live, demonstrate by example.

A lot of things I try to instill in my children comes off of what I've learned from my parents. First of all, you have to lead by example. You can't say one thing and behave another way. Kids learn more from watching you in life than what you say to them. So I try to be the best example I can be to them.

A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings.

Ultimately, my daughter is not going to learn from what I do, not from what I say. For better or for worse. I see that everyday.

I think I've always wanted to be a role model, and I think ... everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model. I think it's like the thing keeping me out of jail.

People live by example. I can't tell you, "You can be anything," if I shot my own dreams down or was too afraid to go after them.

It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.

The way to happiness requires that one set a good example for others.

I'm just somebody who tries to write things that entertain people. And if I can do it in a way that makes them prefer to emulate the good guy than the bad guy, I'm happy.

Be the most ethical, the most responsible, the most authentic you can be with every breath you take, because you are cutting a path into tomorrow that others will follow.

I have always tried to have a message, not to be a preacher, but a message that shows it's better to be a good guy than a bad guy, and I try to make it clear that doing the right thing is more attractive than not.

We must become the people we want our children to be.

All too rarely do I hear people asking just what it is that we've done to make so many children's hearts so hard, or what collectively we might do to right their moral compass - what values we must live by.

There are people in life, who show you how to live. There are people in life, who show you how to die.

The primary goal in the education of children is to teach, and to give the example of, a virtuous life.

Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.

Good leadership means leading the way, not hectoring other people to do things your way.

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.