A Quote by Samuel Smiles

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

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Samuel Smiles
Scottish - Author
December 23, 1812 - April 16, 1904

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

Samuel Smiles

The noblest contribution which any man can make for the benefit of posterity, is that of character. The richest bequest which any man can leave to the youth of his native land, is that of a shining, spotless example.

Robert Charles Winthrop

Example is better than precept.

Margaret Halsey

Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept!

Paramahansa Yogananda

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye he set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still to this day I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.

Dave Grohl

I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye. He set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still, to this day, I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.

Dave Grohl

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

Seneca the Younger

Example is the best precept.

Aesop

Example, not precept, is the best teaching aid.

Sathya Sai Baba

A good example is far better than a good precept.

Dwight L. Moody

Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.

Ellen G. White

To disarm a zealot, teach him truth by precept, and mildness by example.

Al-Kindi

Philosophy teaches a man that he can't take it with him; taxes teach him he can't leave it behind either.

Mignon McLaughlin

Example is more powerful than precept.

Aesop

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Samuel Johnson

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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