Example Quotes

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing." — Albert Schweitzer
As quoted in Building character: strengthening the heart of good leadership (2007) pg. 49 Here Schweitzer states an ideal he believed in strongly--that we must live our ideals if we want them to influence others. Add Category or Author

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature." — Helen Keller
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"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing." — Mae West
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"I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest of caution." — Wernher Von Braun
Werner Von Braun could tell you a thing or two about failure. The father of the American space program blew up an awful lot of rockets to get us to the moon and back, but still he never gave up. Add Category or Author

"In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved." — Rupert Murdoch
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"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." — Benjamin Disraeli
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"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me." — George W. Bush
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"Long droughts have been implicated in the collapse of many ancient civilizations on virtually every continent, including our example in eastern Africa, the Mayan in Central America and many others." — Brian Cumming
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"This is why this team is good. We do protect each other. A good example was the Ohio State game. You had one guy fronting (Terence) Dials and another guy coming weak-side on him and we made a couple of big plays that way. You had someone there to help you out." — Brian Butch
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"My father told me if you're a leader the first thing you want to do is lead by example, ... That's what I'm going to try to do with these guys because if they see me playing hard every day, flying around, flying to the ball on every play, they're going to do the same. It's just going to be contagious. If I'm being lazy, that's going to be contagious also so I just have to lead by example." — Adam Roberts
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"There have been games where we have given away leads, UCLA for example. We know we will make plays at the end of games. We are a senior-laden team and we know how to win games." — Kevin Pittsnogle
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"There have been games where we have given away leads, UCLA for example." — Kevin Pittsnogle
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"[Small] is a perfect example of a guy maximizing his talent, considering he doesn't really have an out pitch. Kids could learn from him." — Aaron Small
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"I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected." — Shirin Ebadi
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"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means." — Albert Einstein
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"A professional designer can help you be hospitable with wildlife. For example, attracting butterflies or humming birds, or detracting species like deer." — Laura Donoghue
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"Hopefully it will be used as an example of programs that we are trying to negotiate with the federal government." — Luis Derbez
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"There are several applications for our products beyond FTTH. For example, one device under development is intended to double the number of users that can share Gigabit Passive Optical Networks (GPON). With today's preferred Telco video delivery system, RF overlay, our solution enables a 64-way split to accommodate users connected to an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) port at the serving central office, whereas today only 32 users can share such a port. Our future plan also includes products to alleviate the cable TV return path bottleneck, and RF power amplifiers for emerging wireless applications where signal clarity and power efficiency are critical in reducing capital and operating costs." — Brian Bauer
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"I think this is a good example of the township taking a proactive stance rather than reaction, ... I think this is an excellent example of what we should be doing to take the township into the future." — Perry Miller
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"If we can understand why the world sees about 85 named storms a year and not, for example, 200 or 25, then we might be able to say that what we're seeing is consistent with what we'd expect in a global warming scenario. Without this understanding, a forecast of the number and intensity of tropical storms in a future warmer world would be merely statistical extrapolation." — Peter Webster
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