Roy L. Smith Quotes

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.

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

I truly believe children learn by examples much more than what you can teach them verbally.

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.

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

See, people are watching you. Especially your children. They're taking in every single thing you do. They are like video cameras with legs. And they are always in the record mode. They learn more from what you do than from what you say.

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

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

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

I think the greatest way to learn is to learn by someone's example.

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.

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

If you have children, you know you're responsible for somebody. You realize you are being imitated; your belief systems and priorities have a direct influence on these children, who are like flowers in a garden.

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

I think you are who you are, and your kids will see who you are. So you'd better be a good person, because they are going to see it, and that's going to shape them. They are going to become you.

Children learn a lot from what their parents say. But they learn a lot more from what their parents do.

I make an active effort to remain a positive role model to kids. They need people to show them there's another way.

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.

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.

Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?

Children pay more attention to what you do than to what you say.

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 love being the person my kids depend on to learn. Everything they learn, for the most part, comes from you - how they treat people, how they look at the world, how they process things. I love being that example for them, just like my parents were for me.

If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.

As a person, the only people who matter are my kids and how they see me.