He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example.
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
I came from a single parent household. And I had a bad example of what a husband and father could be and how irresponsible a father could be. So because of that, I didn't want to get married or have kids.
I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example.
One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that are likely to overwhelm them by bad example, and for which no success in life could compensate.
I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.
For me, I believe George Foreman was a bad example because when he became world heavyweight champion again at 42, that made a lot of fighters think they could also carry on.
The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously.