A Quote by Samuel Johnson

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Samuel Johnson

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Always Example More Precept Than

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Samuel Johnson
English - Writer
September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

Example is more powerful than precept.

Aesop

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

Richard Cecil

Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.

Samuel Smiles

Example is better than precept.

Margaret Halsey

Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept!

Paramahansa Yogananda

I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.

Misha Collins

Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual.

Seneca the Younger

Whenever there is a conflict between precept and example, the latter wins because deeds speak louder than our words.

Sergey Kirov

The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our affinity with all who share the gift of life. A compassionate heart provides a firm ground for this precept.

Dhammananda Bhikkhuni

I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it.