Elbert Hubbard Quotes

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

People throughout the world have always been more impressed by the power of our example than with the example of our power.

There's no crime in being a poor role model.

Some people shun the idea of role models but I think it's one of the most important things people have in life - role models, to look up to.

Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it.

We are in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is to choose good models and to study them with care.

They who set an example make a highway. Others follow the example, because it is easier to travel on a highway than over untrodden grounds.

It is natural to admire and revere really great men. They hallow the nation to which they belong, and lift up not only all who live in their time, but those who live after them. Their great example becomes the common heritage of their race; and their great deeds and great thoughts are the most glorious legacies of mankind.

Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.

Everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model.

You can only lead by example.

People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives.

It's hard to carry a child around with you, but fortunately, in most cases, you don't have to ask a child for directions if you have a well-chosen role model ready to guide you. This is the next prescription: Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer? Who else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.

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

In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.

I want to be the best role model I can be for my family.

To Barack and Michelle Obama - America owes you an enormous debt of gratitude.

I'm convinced that a person in my position must provide a positive example to people.

We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.

I'm pretty confident in who I am. I know that for parents everywhere, it's my job to be a role model, and I'm going to do the best I possibly can.

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe — "That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have. Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum.

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 am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!