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He was indeed the glass
Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.
He was indeed the glass
Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.
You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect read more
You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
This noble ensample to his sheepe he gaf,--
That firste he wroughte and after he taughte.
This noble ensample to his sheepe he gaf,--
That firste he wroughte and after he taughte.
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set read more
The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them
to live.
He who should teach men to die, would at the same time teach them
to live.
Men think they may justly do that for which they have a
precedent.
[Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id read more
Men think they may justly do that for which they have a
precedent.
[Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id etiam jure fieri putant.]