Francis of Assisi Quotes

You need to walk the talk, because you can't expect your organization to behave a certain way that you're not willing to behave.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

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.

My biggest thing about being a role model is whatever I'm preaching, I'm practicing.

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!'

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.

My actions speak harder than words.

You should be a living practicing example of what you are preaching.

Practice yourself what you preach.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

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

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

It is easy enough to hold an opinion, but rather more testing to act on it.

I think we need to look at ourselves first. We should practice what we're preaching. Otherwise, we are hypocrites.

Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse.

Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.

We must practice what we preach.

What you demand of others you should carry out yourself.

I felt a responsibility to Simon and to our kids to be able to live with integrity and not have some strange split psychology of 'This is who my dad is at home, and this is who he is to the public.'

I can't very well be teaching one way and living my life another way. What I do in life must be consistent with the things I say. And the same goes for you.

Habits are learned. And children learn their habits by watching what we do, not by listening to what we say. So we have to stop talking and teaching and preaching and just go do.

I'm in this effort to unify my life and to live day to day in a disciplined way, to be real at all times, not just in front of people, or not just in a synagogue.

I think success is when the way you talk about who you want to be and what you want to do lines up with who you are and what you do. I guess, by that, I mean I think success is practicing what you preach.

Actions speak louder than words, and the best way to set an example is to just go out and do a good job.