Example is not the main thing influencing others—it’s the only thing.
There is never a man so poor or unknown that he does not have an audience.
If your neighbors had to depend on you to find out about salvation, how much would they know?
So live that when people get to know you, they will want to know Christ.
We cannot all be apostles, but we can all be living epistles.
Where we go and what we do advertises what we are.
You cannot become a saint by comparing yourself with a sinner.
Blessed are they who attend strictly to their own business.
Christians show what they are by what they do with what they have.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.
He who practices what he preaches may have to put in some overtime.
If people only knew about Jesus what they saw in you, how well would they know Him?
To lift up others, you must be higher than they are.
Don’t pretend to be what you don’t intend to be.
One proof of your love for God is your love for your neighbor.
Etiquette is a little better than what is absolutely necessary.
Let your testimony be written in large enough letters that the world can always read it.
Make sure that what you’re living for is truly worth dying for.
People may die, but their ideas don’t.
We often dislike a person not for what he is but for what we are.
You can do more good by being good than any other way.
People tend to make rules for others and exceptions for themselves.
If there is no sunshine in your religion, do not be surprised if nobody wants it.
Don’t be a carbon copy of someone else; make your own impression.
Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.
Five minutes of demonstration is better than an hour of talk.
Man cannot be saved by perfect obedience because he cannot render it. He cannot be saved by imperfect obedience because God cannot accept it. The only solution to the sin question is Calvary.
If the teacher be corrupt, the world will be corrupt.
It is hard to sell a product you do not use and a religion you do not live.
Trim your lamp often so that it will give more light and less smoke.
You can’t pray on your knees on Sunday and prey on your friends the rest of the week.
It is inconsistent to say you believe as you should when you behave as you shouldn’t.
You cannot touch your neighbor’s heart with anything less than your own.
To say little and perform much is the characteristic of a great mind.
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
The beauty of any day is reflected in your heart.
A person worth following is a follower of Christ.
To show others what Christ will do for them, show them what Christ has done for you.
If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to another.
Everyone wants to be noticed; no one wants to be watched.
You can fake the gifts of the Spirit, but you cannot fake the fruit of the Spirit.
You win more friends with your ears than with your mouth.
Accept God’s grace through faith, then prove His grace through works.
The world is more interested in what you practice than in what you profess.
Learning the golden rule is of no value until you practice it.
Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good citizens.
My life helps to paint my neighbor’s picture of God.
The world is looking for good examples—not advice.
People take your example far more seriously than your advice.
He who is born of God is certain to resemble his Father.
The most valuable gift you can give to others is example.
If you don’t live it, you don’t have it.
What one does is the result of what one is.
Some people are a big bug at their job but a pest at home and the church.
It’s a shame—but it’s true—that a mirror doesn’t make some folk see themselves as others see them.
The gods we serve paint themselves on our faces.
It isn’t how high in life you do that counts but how you got there.
No one knows of your honesty and sincerity unless you give out some samples.
You hear a good many echoes in the world but mighty few real voices.
Some people spend money for things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like.
A pint of example is worth a thousand sermons.
What’s wrong with the church? Look in the mirror.
Those who live in glass houses should take a hot bath. That blinds the windows with steam.
Anyone who talks by the yard and thinks by the inch should be moved by the foot.
Outward expression shows inner experience.
People are judged by the things they stand for and live for.
Don’t feel useless—you can always be used as a bad example.
God has not called us to prove the gospel—He has called us to practice it.
If you don’t daily walk, then don’t talk the talk.
The Christian’s walk and talk must go together.
You may not be responsible for your name, but you are responsible for what men think when they call your name.
Where you go and what you do tell people what you are.
God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
We are mirrors to reflect the glory of God; a mirror never calls attention to itself unless there are flaws in it.
We spend half of our lives recovering from the effects of the other half.
When a man begins to realize the truth about himself, it lessens his desire to reform his neighbors.
God judges us by what we do—not by what others say.
I like to see a man proud of the place where he lives; and I like to see a man live so his place will be proud of him.
When we die, we leave behind us all we have and take with us all we are.
So live that even the funeral director will be sorry when you die.
Man would be more successful if he practiced the advice he gave to others.
He who demands mercy and shows none burns the bridges over which he himself must later pass.
When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.
If we could see ourselves as others see us, we wouldn’t believe it.
Be an “Amen Christian” but don’t shout it any louder than you live.
Your town will be a delightful town if you are a delightful person to live beside.
We know a bird by his song and man by his talk.
So live that people will want your autograph and not your fingerprints.
The smallest deed is better than the largest intention.
You don’t advertise your religion by wearing a label—you do it by living a life.
If you think the whole world is wrong, remember it is filled with people like you.
You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.
The actions of men are the best interpreter of thoughts.
The only people who really listens to both sides of the argument are the neighbors.
Don’t pray and talk “cream” and live “skimmed milk.”
What a fine world it would be if everyone should spend as much time practicing his religion as they do in quarreling about it.
You can never bury your influence.
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
Live with men as if God saw you, talk with God as if men heard you.
You do not believe what you don’t live.
A chip on the shoulder is the heaviest load you can carry.
Drifting people are like icebergs—wherever they go they lower the temperature.
If some people would be a little more careful where they step, those who follow would not stumble so much.
Of all things you wear, your expression is the most important.
People look at you six days a week to see what you mean on your seventh day.
If you want the world to heed, put your creed into your deed.
What this country needs is not new deals, fair deals, or even square deals, but ideals.
One’s true religion is the life he lives, not the creed he possesses.
Anyone can preach—it’s the living that counts.
He who brings evil to himself makes misery for others.
Others will follow your footsteps quicker than your advice.
It is what we are that gets across, not what we try to teach.
You preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
It doesn’t matter how a person dies, but how he lives.
Every Christian should be a walking sermon.
Nothing is more confusing than the fellow who gives good advice and sets a bad example.
Your words may hide your thoughts, but your actions will reveal them.
Better to be rich in good than rich in goods.
I had rather be criticized than the criticizer; the hated than the hater; the wronged than the wrong.
Behavior is a mirror in which we show our image.
The most difficult advice in the world to follow is that which you give to others.
If you want your neighbor to know what the Lord will do for him, let him see what Christ has done for you.
The light of God’s Son in your heart will put His sunshine in your face.
If you are a Christian, people will judge the Lord by you.
A good example can overcome a lot of bad advice.
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.
If you were accused of being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
Influence is something you think you have until you try to use it.
We do more good by being good than any other way.
God expects the stock in your warehouse to be as good as what you show in the window.
If you don’t get something accomplished by giving good advice, then try by setting a good example.
If you don’t live it—don’t teach it.
Godly talk does not always imply a godly walk.
When you were born, you cried and others rejoiced. So live that when you die, others will feel like crying and you will have reason to rejoice.
The fellow who’s always kicking up his heels is going to leave some mighty strange footprints in the sands of time.
If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would probably have our eyes examined.
Some so-called “food for throught” is nothing more than baloney.
Regardless of how small, every bush casts a shadow.
To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.
It is what we are that gets across, not what we try to teach.
What have you done today that nobody but a Christian would do?
There isn’t any use trying to shine unless you take time to fill your lamp.
Christians please God when their walk measures up to their talk.
If you can give but one gift, make it a gift of a good example.
If you were another person, would you like to be a friend of yours?
Love is the Christian’s ID card.
Would you want Christ to represent you above in the same way that you represent Him below?
What people practice, not what they profess, proves what they claim.
If a man finds his politics and religion don’t mix, there is something wrong with his politics.
The creed you really believe is spoken, not by your lips, but by your life.
Praise loudly—blame softly.
Don’t tell me about your labor pains—show me the baby.
Without example others won’t know what they can do or how far they can go.
A promise is one thing, but performance is quite another thing.
Your walk talks; but your talk doesn’t talk like your walk walks.
The gentleness of Christ is the comeliest ornament that any Christian can wear.
So live that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
A Christian shows what he is by what he does with what he has.
You learn that which you practice the most.
Changing the label does not alter the contents of the bottle.
It’s good to be a Christian and know it; it is even better to be a Christian and show it.
