What's so amazing in today's society is people look up to football players. And as a football player, you have a platform. And it's so much more important than any touchdown or trophy or anything you could win with football. Its taking that platform and be able to influence people.
There is nothing like the quiet power of example.
Nothing is so catching as example.
Everyone is influencing the people around them one way or another.
The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.
We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.
It's important to make teens realize the influence they have over others.
What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?
The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.
The authority of a life for Christ always has greater influence than the authority of talking. A young person can possess all of the benefits of authority - influence, respect, and strength - just by following Jesus wherever he leads.
It's contagious to do great. But once that one bad apple falls, everybody else will fall, and that's how it is.
Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence.
