Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

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

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.

Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.

I feel like it's better to see a sermon lived than it is to hear one preached.

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

Why do you not practice what you preach.

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.

I generally think that I should only speak by action and not by words.

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

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

My theory is children don't do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.

I don't just preach; I put my money where my mouth is!

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

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

But I also hold the very strong view that republicans need to lead by example.

Saying and doing are two things.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

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

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

Watch what we do, instead of what we say.

You’ve got to embody your message.