Examples Quotes

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We are not meant to be seen as God's perfect, bright-shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the… — Oswald Chambers
Throughout my trading career, I have continually witnessed examples of other people that I have known being ruined by a failure to respect risk. If… — Larry Hite
The greatest Marxist writer of the twentieth century, paradoxically, is also one of the greatest examples of the independence of the human spirit from its… — James Joll
Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I'm hard pressed to give an example on the spot of a president who explicitly spoke of the vindication of history, but I'm confident that… — David Greenberg
I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in… — Andy Garcia
All historians generalize from particulars. And often, if you look at a historian's footnotes, the number of examples of specific cases is very, very small. — Henry Louis Gates
I had a difficult time hearing my own inner voice about what I wanted to be in this life, because there were all these perfect… — Kevin Costner
Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them. — Augustus Hare
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough. — Douglas Horton
History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use… — Daisaku Ikeda
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to… — Magic Johnson
Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they… — Paul Klee
The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that.… — Donald Knuth
I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good… — Mike Krzyzewski
The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human… — John Linder
Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most. — John Lydon
Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We don't need… — Simon Mainwaring
We now see numerous examples of brands working together to address issues such as environmental degradations, climate control, pollution, poverty and disease. — Simon Mainwaring
There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings. — George R. R. Martin

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