Behinds Quote by Samuel Smiles

A good example is far better than a good precept.

— Dwight L. Moody

Example is better than precept.

— Anonymous

Example is the best precept.

— Aesop

Example is more powerful than precept.

— Aesop

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

— Samuel Johnson

Teaching by precept, without example, is mighty poor teaching.

— Heber J. Grant

The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.

— Seneca the Elder

Example, not precept, is the best teaching aid.

— Sathya Sai Baba

To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind.

— Samuel Smiles

EXAMPLE is a lesson that all MEN can READ

— Ritu Ghatourey

Precept is instruction written in the sand; the tide flows over it and the record is gone; example is graven on the rock, and…

— William Ellery Channing

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples.

— Seneca the Younger