Quotes about Leading By Example

Instruction is good for a child; but example is worth more.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

Among the most sacred gifts you can give your child is the gift of health. This gift is best given by example." Dr. Rand Olson

You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.

A good example is far better than a good precept.

The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

Everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model.

Be an example of what you teach. [As a personal trainer], delve into your student's life, know everything about him. Be interested.

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

I feel that we're all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.

Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

Prince led by example. As prolific as he was as an artist, he was just as courageous in the business.

Apple is in a position they've been in a lot of times before. They're like Moses showing the way to the promised land, but they don't actually go there.

In 2010, I proposed that Congress take its first pay cut in 77 years, and my effort had bipartisan support. And as part of leading by example, I returned 5 percent of my paycheck every month to pay down the debt.

I like to always lead from the front and set an example for whoever is playing with me or around me. I like taking responsibilities. That is my natural thing.

My mission my whole career was just to be somebody that you can look at and say, 'That's the guy I want to go into battle with.'

When you're around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you're supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.

Abbott had also impressed on Holmes, possibly by his conversation but certainly by his example, the belief that nobility of character consists in doing one's job with indifference to ends

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Leading means running fast enough to keep ahead of your people

It is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.