Quotes on Setting An Example

A good example is the best sermon.

A good example is far better than a good precept.

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

I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one.

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

Cheat? Good heavens, this is an amateur cricket match amongst leading prep schools, I'm an Englishman and a schoolmaster supposedly setting an example to his young charges. We are playing the most artistic and beautiful game ever devised. Of course I'll cunting well cheat. Now, give me my robe and put on my crown. I have immortal longings in me.