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“The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.”
G. K. Chesterton
“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”
St. Francis of Assisi
“The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.”
Mark Twain
“Example is leadership.”
Albert Schweitzer
“A good example is the best sermon.”
Benjamin Franklin
“So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.”
Elbert Hubbard
“Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.”
George Carlin
“Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in. But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.”
Bill Watterson
“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.”
Epictetus
