Obviousism—I would give you a definition, but the…

We must teach more by example than by word.

— Mary MacKillop

My definition, a definition in the drill books from the time that General Von Steuben wrote the regulations for General George Washington, the definition…

— Chesty Puller

It's difficult to sit down and write a letter back saying, "you know what, even if we remove the word from the dictionary, people…

— Kory Stamper

“Some words are invisible—namely spoken words—but that only means I read them with my ears. But people are rude, and they often speak to…

— Jarod Kintz

I could give you example after example, of where the language of the far Right, driven by Islamophobia, has now become institutionalised in our…

— Humza Yousaf

I'm not the most vocal guy, but I try to lead by example every single day with how I work.

— Brandon Ingram

If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political…

— Edward Snowden

The protestant world is in great need of examples (like these) that will beckon us to the fullness of God.

— Mike Bickle

You can have examples of reasons to hate people, but if you analyze those reasons it's like, Oh, I'm hating that person based on…

— Charlyne Yi

Popular culture as a whole is popular, but in today's fragmented market it's a jostle of competing unpopular popular cultures. As the critic Stanley…

— Mark Steyn

Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is…

— Seneca the Younger

Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and…

— Guy Murchie

I think leading by example is important, as I know the next generation is watching us.

— Michael Skolnik

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so…

— Maria Sharapova