“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”
“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.”
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
“The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.”
“Trapped mainly by wanting things to be exactly as they are, only better ”
“To Mr. Blot, who went through life an unconscious example of the raison d'être of the British Empire, a shipwreck was merely one of the many things to be ignored. His was a calming influence.”