Quotes about Leading By Example

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.

It's not about what you tell your children, but how you show them how to live life.

Let your life be your argument.

In my opinion, the best way of showing someone the best way to live life is by living it.

Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.

How you handle your own time is, in my view, the single most important aspect of being a role model and leader.

This goes right to the heart of leadership. Leaders instill courage in the hearts of those who follow. This rarely happens through words alone. It generally requires action. It goes back to what we said earlier: Somebody has to go first. By going first, the leader furnishes confidence to those who follow. In this way, leaders give permission.

Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.

Being a role model is a privilege.

My mission is to stay healthy and productive and serve as a good example.

Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director.

His concern was not with programs to reach the multitudes, but with men whom the multitudes would follow.

this world needs human beings behaving like leaders more than ever before.

He not only talked his talk he walked his walk.

Todos necesitamos empezar a ejercer el liderazgo, Blake, independientemente de cuál sea nuestro cargo.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your words. Talk really is cheap. Extraordinary human beings live their message. They walk their talk. And above all else, they are inspirational.

The gospel we teach most effectively is the one that we embody and walk out before our children, not the gospel that trips easily off our tongue. Our children learn less from the rules we outline or the programs we follow than from the lives we live before them.

Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

The power to change comes from within and they have to want to change. Instead, be a role model and encourage by example.

Leadership is one of sports intangibles. Guys can score, guys can fight, guys can skate faster than anybody else. But not everybody can say, Follow me.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.

Das gute Beispiel ist nicht eine Möglichkeit, andere Menschen zu beeinflussen, es ist die Einzige.

The only rational way of educating is to be an example of what to avoid, if one can't be the other sort.