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Happy thou that learnest from another's griefs, not to subject thyself to the same.

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.

He follows his father with unequal steps.

It is easier to exemplify values than teach them.

To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.

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.

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

If any man claims the Negro should be content ... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.

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