Setting Example Quotes

We’re not defined simply by the laws we pass, but by the example we set.

There's the pressure of being a No. 1 on the call sheet, being a lead actor. There's almost this feeling like being captain of the team. You want to put a bit of energy into actually setting a good example.

I knew I needed to keep my nose clean and set the right example.

All we can do as players and ambassadors of the game is try to set an example, playing in the right way and make it as entertaining as possible for people watching.

Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.

Me being the best in the world, it doesn't mean that much to me if I'm not a good person at the end of the day, if I'm not setting a good example for other people to be better to each other.

I just want to be like a good example to somebody in the future.

For me, my aim is to just be as good as possible. If people do look up to me, I have to set the best example I can.

Let us first fulfill Christ's injunction ourselves and only then venture to expect it of our children. Otherwise we are not fathers, but enemies of our children, and they are not our children, but our enemies, and we have made them our enemies ourselves.

We can’t be a scofflaw. It helps us to get others to follow the rules if we follow the rules.

We should try to be happy, just to set an example

Make sure that your children don't follow you if you go to sin.

It's important to teach your kids the value of being active by setting a good example.

God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

A good king although he be above the law, will subject and frame his actions thereto, for examples sake to his subjects … [He ended up setting a precedent and duty of the crown that has been even harder for some royal family members to keep up with: the setting of example for the subjects sake. Sovereign acts that had been contrary to law had previously been good of bad for the realm as the case would be, but after James' statement, all were bad as they had set poor example for the common folk who must always obey.

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

The best thing we can do to save the planet is set a good example for our kids at home.

It must be emphasized that as a father, you are always teaching. For good or ill your family learns your ways, your beliefs, your heart, your ideas, your concerns. Your children may or may not choose to follow you, but the example you give is the greatest light you hold before your children, and you are accountable for that light.

As actors, you are social figures, and you are setting an example for people to follow, so I feel very blessed that my work has allowed me to influence people in some way.

The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.

I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.

Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.

You have to be strong for people when you don't wanna be strong. You have to be clean-showered, clean, clean-cut for people. You have to set an example.

I just want to leave a positive memory of setting an example and bringing our youth with us.