Where one man reads the Bible,...

Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.

~Dwight L. Moody~

The presence of a noble nature...

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.

~George Eliot~

The presence of a noble nature...

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.

~George Eliot~

Nothing preaches better than t...

Nothing preaches better than the act.

~Benjamin Franklin~

None preaches better than the ...

None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.

~Benjamin Franklin~

Lives of great men all remind ...

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

He teaches me to be good that ...

He teaches me to be good that does me good.

~Thomas Fuller~

If you must hold yourself up t...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not an example.

~George Bernard Shaw~

Folks don't like to have someb...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates em. You're not gonna change any of them by talking right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.

~Harper Lee~

Example is more efficacious th...

Example is more efficacious than precept.

~Samuel Johnson~

Example has more followers tha...

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

~Christian Nevell Bovee~

Children have more need of mod...

Children have more need of models than of critics.

~Carolyn Coats, Things Your Dad Always Told You But You Didn't Want to Hear~

An ounce of practice is worth ...

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.

~Proverbs~

A young girl was asked: ''Whos...

A young girl was asked: ''Whose preaching brought you to Christ?'' ''It wasn't anybody's preaching; it was Aunt Mary's practicing,'' he replied. The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

~George E. Mueller~