quotations about example
An ounce of example is better than a ton of precept.
ENGLISH PROVERB
No man is so insignificant as to be sure his example can do no hurt.
LORD CLARENDON
attributed, Day's Collacon
No precepts are sufficiently able to enforce what our example tends to destroy.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
MOHANDAS GANDHI
attributed, Treasury of Spiritual Wisdom
Precept is instruction written in the sand; the tide flows over it and the record is gone; example is graven on the rock, and the lesson is not soon lost.
WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
attributed, Day's Collacon
A prudent man will always try to follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been truly outstanding, so that, if he is not quite as skillful as they, at least some of their ability may rub off on him.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
The Prince