An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past.
The District of Columbia is an extreme example of disconnect between financial input and educational outcome. Unfortunately, extreme is not the same as abnormal.
We all have strategies to distract ourselves from what we cannot bear. Memory, for example, serves such a function.
For example, I wouldn't hesitate to sit somebody down if he wasn't performing, even if he was the No. 1 player in the world. I've been sat down before.
Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.
To best influence someone's behavior, be a personal example. - Be the one who points out the bright side and serves compliments rather than complaints.
Each day you are leading by example. Whether you realize it or not or whether it's positive or negative, you are influencing those around you.
When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to take it personally.
I have to set an example, now more than ever. Facing death is the ultimate test of character. – Cmdr. William Riker
When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.
With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film.
I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.
I suffer from CLAUSTROPHOBIA, a fear of closed spaces.For example, I’m petrified that the WINE store will be closed before I have time to get there!!!
Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating.
Of course there are certain things that get to me, but I try and lead by example and show people that, especially with haters, that you should just ignore them.
Those who have the most, who earn the most, must give an example, because that is important for Spain's collective effort.
Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger of turning procreation into manufacture.
Pretending that there are no choices to be made - reading only books, for example, which are cheery and safe and nice - is a prescription for disaster for the young.
Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.
Like I've said many times before, I'm always more likely to remember goals for their importance rather than if they're beautiful or not. Goals scored in finals, for example.