Inspirational Quotes on Examples

“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

“The remains of great and good men, like Elijah's mantle, ought to be gathered up and preserved by their survivors; that as their works follow them in the reward of them, they may stay behind in their benefit.”

“It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.”

“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.”

“To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your life is another thing altogether. ”

“People are watching the way we act more than they are listening to what we say.”

“When our children see us clinging to the promises of God, they will grow up trusting in His goodness. If we fail as adults in praying for and praying with the next generation, then they will become spiritually unsure.”

“You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order.”

“Example is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.”

“The lives of ministers oftentimes convince more strongly than their words; their tongues may persuade, but their lives command.”

“'Tis better that thou be rather something sparing, than very liberal, to even a good servant; for as he grows full, he inclines either to be idle, or to leave thee: and if he should at any time murmur, thou mayest govern him by a seasonable reward.”

“A good schoolmaster minces his precepts for children to swallow, hanging clogs on the nimbleness of his own soul, that his scholars may go along with him.”

“Though "the words of the wise be as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies," yet their examples are the hammer to drive them in to take the deeper hold. A father that whipped his son for swearing, and swore himself whilst he whipped him, did more harm by his example than good by his correction.”

“Has someone wronged you recently? Resist the urge to judge that person. Instead, pray that God might use you to reach the offender.”

“More often than not, it is what you are rather than what you say that will bring an unbeliever to Christ. This, then, is the ultimate apologetic. For the ultimate apologetic is: your life.”

“Children take more notice of what their parents do, than what they say. Actions speak louder than words.”

“If the King is in residence, be sure to fly His flag.”

“Watch where you step; those you love are close behind.”

“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”