Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

—Mark Twain

He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with both...

—Francis Bacon

Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.

—Chinese proverb

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

—Oliver Goldsmith

People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don’t disappoint them, maybe, just maybe, they won’t disappoint us.

—Walt Disney

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

—Abraham Lincoln

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

—Daniel J. Boorstin

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

—Warren Bennis

Don’t worry that your children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

—Robert Fulghum

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

—James Baldwin

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.

—Stephen Jobs