Exemplary Quotes

“Adams has shown a nearly inexhaustible desire, leavened with an equal amount of sheer talent- five decades' worth and counting- in an unrelenting effort to stabilize, strengthen, and improve the standing of indigenous peoples, minority groups, and the larger society as well. He is an exemplary Native activist, indeed.”

“The most essential requirement for leaders is neither age nor gender. It is neither certificates nor positions. It is the character that reveals trust and exemplary life.”

“There is an exemplary pillar of inner strength within you. Acknowledge it to embolden it to grow.”

“Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.”

“This above all makes history useful and desirable it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.”

“America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.”

“Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.”

“It is the lumps and trialsThat tell us whether we shall be knownAnd whether our fate can be exemplary, like a star.”

“Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.”

“I guess we’re all guilty at some point of failing to appreciate the small things, because when we use a broad brush to paint our exemplary lives, we splatter ourselves with ignorance.”