“If you can recognize a place of peace inside, then you can reside in that place of peace.”
— John Morton
“You may trick yourself into believing that you are only playing devil’s advocate or searching for weaknesses in apparently good ideas, but in the end negative thinking always produces negative results. Just as your mind will work tirelessly to translate your positive thoughts into their physical equivalent, it will work equally hard to create negative results when all of your thoughts are negative.”
— Napoleon Hill
“Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It’s one of a parent’s greatest responsibilities and opportunities.”
— John Wooden
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”
— Albert Schweitzer
“Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
“A good example is the best sermon.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“If you want others to follow your example, don’t criticize or cajole others, but rather live your own life in a manner that convincingly demonstrates both the virtue and the success of your way of life.”
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Your mind is a creative mechanism. It is always creating outcomes for you, whether you realize it or not. This occurs through focusing. When you choose to focus on what is good, right and working about yourself and the world around you, that is what you will be creating.”
— William DeFoore