"The most powerful moral influence is example."

Example, Influence

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"The most powerful moral influence is example."

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"I'm very much a lead by example person."

Alexandra Paul, American Actress

Example,

"Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure."

Lara St. John, Canadian Musician

Example, Months, Want, Woman

"For example, in Malay, there are pronunciations that are similar to Chinese."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

Example,

"Be an example, be kind and be simple."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Example, Simplicity, Kindness, Life

"Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation."

Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman

Example, Meaning

"Be an example and open a new way for life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Example, Life, Way, Teaching

"A good example is far better than a good precept."

Dwight L. Moody, American Clergyman

Example,

"I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters."

Maximilian Schell, Swiss Actor

Example, Fun, Popular

"For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound an appropriate place to live."

Adrian Belew, American Musician

Example, Song, Sound, Talk

"There is no teaching to compare with example."

Robert Powell, British Actor

Example, Teaching

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"In nature, the emphasis is in what is rather than what ought to be."

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"The crisis that the world finds itself in as it swings on the hinge of a new millennium is located in something deeper than particular ways of organizing political systems and economies."

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"I had assumed that Bush's seemingly inflexible policy to support Sharon was for political reasons of his getting elected. But as to whether he really believes his actions are going to hasten the day of the final conflict, I do not know."

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"In order to live man must believe in that for which he lives."

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"Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us. We mimic the mind of God, so to speak. Or better, we continue and extend it."

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"So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues."

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"It's often difficult for us to act compassionately, but sacred art eases the difficulty by ennobling us."

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"First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat."

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