None preaches better than the ant and she says nothing.
— FRANKLIN One example is worth a thousand arguments
Also attributed to: Franklin
None preaches better than the ant, which works silently. One good example is worth a thousand arguments. A brief commentary on the power of lived example over mere words.
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I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.
— Edgar Albert Guest
I cannot hear what you say for the thunder of what you are.
— African Proverb
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
— Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
— Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Preach the gospel all the time; if necessary, use words.
— St. Francis of Assisi
In an old comedy of Thomas Shadwell’s there is a knight, Sir Nicholas Gimcrack, who practices his swim- ming in dry secu…
— Halford E. Luccock, D.D.
