Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.

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• As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn't as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Culture
  • Me
  • English

• If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • People
  • Good
  • Control

• Muslims remain the most convenient target for prejudice in a city like Delhi, which is far more ghettoized than Bombay or Bangalore, for example.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • City
  • Example
  • Prejudice

• My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Life
  • Father
  • Example

• When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

  

  Lars von Trier
  • Music
  • Important
  • Example

• I tend not to look back. It's confusing.

  

  Walter Hill
  • Look
  • Back
  • Confusing

• The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Example
  • Privilege
  • Russia

• Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Powerful
  • Advice
  • Example

• I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Father
  • Daughter
  • Example

• Natural objects, for example, must be experienced before any theorizing about them can occur.

  

  Edmund Husserl
  • Natural
  • Example
  • Objects

• We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution.

  

  Carl Sagan
  • Years
  • Evolution
  • Example

• Procedures outside the stadiums and in the parking areas still need to be optimized, for example so that emergency medical services can leave the grounds on their way to the hospital faster.

  

  Otto Schily
  • Example
  • Leave
  • Medical

• I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Dream
  • Example
  • University

• The professionals must set a good example.

  

  A. Bartlett Giamatti
  • Good
  • Example
  • Good Example

• None of us is designed for the role we must assume in a revolutionary society, although Cubans had the privilege of Jose Marti's example.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Society
  • Example
  • Privilege

• It's quite confusing being one of the less wealthy people at a posh place.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • People
  • Place
  • Confusing

• My iPod will shuffle from rap to pop to rock to classical ... It gets confusing!

  

  Manika
  • Rock
  • Rap
  • Confusing

• I don't subscribe to the idea that the founders or anyone else were somehow better than us and that we have to live up to their example.

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Up
  • Live
  • Better

• I've always liked shows that have a strong cast of secondary characters. One of the greatest examples ever I would say is 'The Simpsons.' If you think about it, you could name 100 characters recognizable from that show. I think 'Scrubs' has done a good job of having a strong team coming off the bench.

  

  Neil Flynn
  • Team
  • Characters
  • Example

• I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up!

  

  Candace Cameron Bure
  • True
  • Humanity
  • Rich

• Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

  

  Norman Vincent Peale
  • No Matter
  • Raise
  • Possibilitarian

• It's part of the institution of teshuva, if you make a mistake, you have to restore it as you can.

  

  Csanad Szegedi
  • Mistake
  • Institution
  • Restore

• Jesus built a ship to sing a song to, it sails the rivers and it sails the tide. Some of my friends don't know who they belong to, some can't get a single thing to work inside.

  

  Ingram Cecil Connor III The Byrds
  • Friends
  • Inside
  • Belong

• Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.

  

  Norman Vincent Peale
  • Example
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  • Good Advice