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Nobody writes in a yearbook “I noticed you started drinking your junior year – I really admire that about you and hope I can be like that.”
Could you ever say, “Come Follow Me?”
Children may close their ears to advice, but they keep their eyes open to example.
Radiation therapy kills deadly cells. Your radiating light could kill deadly spiritual cells in others. Radiation comes from what you are – not what you pretend to be.
I’d rather see a sermon
than hear one any day;
I’d rather have one walk beside
than merely point the way.
– Edgar A. Guest
A lighthouse that isn’t working is worse than no lighthouse at all.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing. – Albert Schweitzer
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. – Oliver Goldsmith
Live in such a way, that those who know you but don’t know God will come to know Godbecause they know you.
The real test of any church or religion is the kind of men it makes. – David O. McKay
2 Nephi 8:11 “Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks which ye have”
N. Eldon Tanner once said, “A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every act, every response, her attitude, even her appearance and manner of dress affect the lives of her children and the whole family.”
Albert Schweitzer said, “There are three ways to effectively teach a child; First is example, and second is by example, and third is through example.”
So often, we try to parent using the “Do as I say, not as I do” approach, which of course, never works. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “What you do speaks so loudly I can’thear what you say.” Actions speak louder than words.
It is easy for a parent to hear himself talk; all he has to do is listen to his children.
“The first principle of effective parenting is to build a strong marriage so your children can observe healthy interactions. Where do you think children learn to be emotionally healthy individuals? Stable parents tend to rear stable children who, as adults, can make their own stable marriages. (Douglas E. Brinley, First Comes Love, pg 6.)
“Twas a sheep not a lamb that strayed away
In the parable Jesus told,
A grown-up sheep that strayed away
From the ninety and nine in the fold.
And why for the sheep should we seek
And earnestly hope and pray?
Because there is danger when sheep go wrong;
They lead the lambs astray.
Lambs will follow the sheep, you know,
Wherever the sheep may stray.
When sheep go wrong, it won’t take long
Til the lambs are as wrong as they.
And so with the sheep we earnestly plead
For the sake of the lambs today,
For when sheep are lost, what a terrible cost
The lambs will have to pay!”
― C.C. Miller
Mother
Since I had a mother whose many
Interests kept her excited and occupied.
Since I had a mother who interacted
With so many people that she
Had a real feeling for the world
Since I had a mother who was always
Strong through any period of suffering
Since I had a mother who was a complete person
I always had a mother to look up to,
And it made it easier for me
To develop into an
Independent woman.
“Teach the gospel always. Use words when necessary.”
Because children mimic everything we do, we as parents should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. Like the saying goes, “Parent can tell, but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.”
A student is only as good as his teacher.
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