Example Quotes

“You weren't entirely useless, you served as a bad example”
― Terry Virts, How to Astronaut: Everything You Need to Know Before Leaving Earth

“Silence is not always complacency. It is contemplation and forethought taking place in the minds of those who would be careful with their words and actions, unwilling to contribute to negativity that is fed by rashly-spoken comments. Quiet contemplation is a powerful tool for change because those thoughts, though silent, become actions built on conscientious pondering. Those actions then become examples. And quiet example is the greatest teacher, the most effective behavior modification tool of all. I am not listening to what you say half as closely as I am watching what you do. Think about that.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“There is no doubt that you will touch a life today. It's just the manner in which you choose to do so, and how that will leave both yourself and everyone you touched once it's over.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Sonny shows me his phone. It’s a text message from Rapid, sent this morning, and it consists of one simple-but-not-so-simple question: Wanna meet up? My mouth drops. “Seriously?” “Seriously,” Sonny says. “Holy shit.”

There’s one problem though. “Why haven’t you responded?” “I don’t know,” he says. “Part of me is like, hell yeah. The other part feels like this shit is too good to be true. What if he’s really a fifty-year-old man who lives in his mom’s basement and has a malicious plot to murder me and leave my body parts spread out across his backyard, unknown to anyone, until twenty years from now when a stray dog sniffs me out?” I stare at him.
“The specifics in your examples are disturbing sometimes.”
― Angie Thomas, On the Come Up

“Don’t say it if you’re not going to live it. And if you’re going to live it, you don’t have to say it anyway.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Ponnammal set the example for the others by quietly doing what they did not care to do. Her spirit created a new climate in the place, and the time came when there was not one nurse who would refuse to do whatever needed to be done.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael

“You would think this was common sense, but apparently not: quit doing things you do not want others to do. You will never bring about desired change when your example screams contrarily.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“Your children learn what's important, by what you give your attention to.”
― J.S. Felts, Ageless Wisdom: A Treasury of Quotes to Motivate & Inspire

“Of all the sermons that I heard at church growing up, I can’t remember a single message that was preached in any of them. But I can certainly remember the people who preached them.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Hold your tongue and live your life, for it is in the way that you live that you speak the loudest.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The impeachment of President Trump was an excellent example of how seedy a government can be.”
― Steven Magee

“People voice a lot of noble beliefs that unfortunately are drowned out by their actions.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“The most effective, lasting, compassionate form of teaching is through example. If you want to teach a child to write, write passionately. If you want to teach a child to dance, dance with abandon. If you want to teach a child to care, extend a hand of service and compassion. If you want a child to listen, listen to him intently. If you want to change the world, then be that change. Your example is more influential than you can imagine.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“You will live in the future as an extension of the lives that you have touched. Therefore, you may wish to consider how you’re touching people.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If we do not determine to aspire to that which we write about, we should rid ourselves of every single sheet of paper and discard every pen that we would use to write upon them.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) is a classic example of the broken Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).”
― Steven Magee

“To train a child in the way he should go, the trainer has to be in front of the same way providing example.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“The Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) are a good example of what is wrong with science.”
― Steven Magee

“The Boeing 737 Max has become a classic example of the failure of deregulation.”
― Steven Magee

“I don’t want to say that I believe in God. Rather, I want to live out my life like I believe in God because that takes the words that I choose not to say and it shouts them without ever saying them.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“When it comes to content marketing, everything is content. Content can be the words you write, the picture you paint, the business you build, or the life you live.”
― Josh Steimle

“Change begins with ‘one person’ who so inspires others that they themselves can do nothing other than change. And no matter the dismal state of the world or the gravity of the situation, don’t ever think for a moment that that ‘one person’ is not you.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The space shuttle Challenger disaster was a classic example of what happens when engineers are overruled by incompetent managers.”
― Steven Magee

“The COVID-19 pandemic was an excellent example of what the government does best: Blatantly lying to their citizens.”
― Steven Magee

“Strength is what is granted to me by God so that He might show through me what He wishes to do through others.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If I wish to write anything across the pages of your life that I do not wish to ascribe my name to, I probably need to ask what kind of stuff I’ve been writing across the pages of my own life.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“But that’s part of being in charge, Jan. Maybe the most important part. You can’t let your people get fucked over. Not if you expect them to follow you.”
― Henry V. O'Neil, Orphan Brigade

“When you change you are illustrating the fact that it can be done. And what people need today are illustrations.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Memory is fleeting. Legacy is eternal.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Legacy is what’s left standing once you aren’t.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough