Quotes About Actions And Words

#1. Consider your actions and words. Be thoughtful when expressing your feelings or concerns. Sometimes it's not what you say, but the way you say it. That makes all the difference

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

#2. What makes a man real is when his actions and words become memorable.

Jennifer Ott

#3. I began the project of judging Mother Teresa's reputation by her actions and words rather than her actions and words by her reputation.

Christopher Hitchens

#4. We can be encouraged knowing that our daily actions and words are declaring Christ to the world.

David Jeremiah

#5. Prejudice is learned. What will you teach others through your actions and words?

DaShanne Stokes

#6. One person could make such a difference in someone's life. Either good or bad. With their actions and words, a single individual had the power to save or destroy another.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#7. Our actions and words built invaluable relationship.

Kishore Bansal

#8. I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

Andre Agassi

#9. Courtesy should be apparent in all our actions and words and in all aspects of daily life. But be courtesy, I do not mean rigid, cold formality. Courtesy in the truest sense is selfless concern for the welfare and physical and mental comfort of the other person.

Mas Oyama

#10. It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Rene Char

#11. Character is not something one wears on their sleeve, shoulder or badge on their chest. It resides in the core of ones being and his displayed by actions and words.

John Paul Warren

#12. What does it mean to love someone with all your heart? It means to love with all your emotional feelings and with all your devotion. Surely when you love your wife with all your heart, you cannot demean her, criticize her, find fault with her, or abuse her by words, sullen behavior, or actions.

Ezra Taft Benson

#13. What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say.

T.F. Hodge

#14. It is a sweet thing to have someone love you, but it is a far sweeter thing when his actions convince your heart, and his words persuade your soul.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#15. You can set a boundary with your words when you are honest and when you establish a consequence for another's hurtful actions.

Henry Cloud

#16. Drop the thought that you cannot affect the future. Tell yourself that the future is not coming TO you, it is coming THROUGH you. The change that is coming to you is that change that you place in your future with the thoughts, words, and actions of today

Neale Donald Walsch

#17. But honestly? What women need?" Dean paused to take a sip of his coffee. "Actions. Not words. Sorry doesn't mean shit, begging doesn't mean shit, and promises don't mean shit.

Priscilla Glenn

#18. The power we hold comes with an added responsibility to inspire through words or actions and build someone else's life. Our power definitely does not lie in zapping others of their powers.

Tina Sequeira

#19. Love is our true nature. When we do not express love in our words and actions it is like honey hidden in a rock.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#20. If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond words and actions, and attains to the ultimate Truth only in silence and Love.

Thomas Merton

#21. The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.

Tacitus

#22. There are questions that are not meant to be answered with words. Some questions take a lifetime to answer. Take action.

J.R. Rim

#23. Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.

Seneca The Younger

#24. We've been gifted with the power of choice ... in our actions, our thoughts, and our words. The quality of our lives gets better or worse depending on which direction we go with our choices.

Shawn Anderson

#25. They say actions speak louder than words, but actions don't speak. People speak, and people are loud.

Jennette McCurdy

#26. Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

Bob Ehrlich

#27. The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.

Jean De La Bruyere

#28. Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

Socrates

#29. I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method now to deal with Russia was to keep our mouths shut and let our actions speak for words.

Henry L. Stimson

#30. Realize you have awesome people around you who want to love you. Let them. Show them you love them back. (Actions trump words.) Do the forgiveness thing. If necessary-and it almost always is- do the forgiveness thing on yourself.

Kari Luna

#31. An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.

Lord Chesterfield

#32. The truth is more complex than it seems and a good heart has more impact than anyone with a thousand words or actions.

Robin Sacredfire

#33. He who is sincere hath the easiest task in the world, for, truth being always consistent with itself, he is put to no trouble about his words and actions; it is like traveling in a plain road, which is sure to bring you to your journey's end better than byways in which many lose themselves.

John Tillotson

#34. Let your dreams be bigger than your fears,
your actions louder than your words,
and your faith stronger than your feelings

Nicky Gumbel

#35. A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words.

Jack Weatherford

#36. There are some feelings, and actions, for which words are utterly useless.

James Patterson

#37. Twitch doesn't say much. He doesn't need to. You know that saying actions speak louder than words? His actions are speaking for him. And I like what they're saying. I wonder if he'll let me keep him.

Belle Aurora

#38. Please guide my words and actions so that they bring blessings to everyone involved,

Doreen Virtue

#39. He had moved from thought to words, and now from words to actions.

George Orwell

#40. We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

Sogyal Rinpoche

#41. Our thoughts become our words, our words become our beliefs, our beliefs become our actions, our actions become our habits, and our habits become our realities.

Jen Sincero

#42. Look out from within and observe the words, actions, reactions, and feelings that evolve from you. Release the identity with what you have observed if it creates tension and stress. Surely you will dissolve into effortless being that way.

Franklin Gillette

#43. Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.

Patrick Lencioni

#44. The wise do not buy into other people's perceptions of who they are and what they are capable of. Instead, they bypass a person's public persona and see who they are in their highest expression. When you see actions taken with integrity, instead of words only, you will then know a soul's worth.

Shannon L. Alder

#45. Words reveal your beliefs and intentions. Actions reveal your character. When they are in alignment, they reveal your greatest life.

Steve Maraboli

#46. I want you to think about this for a minute. What would you rather have? Words that can be spoken lightly and then taken back so easily, would you rather actions?

Katie Ashley

#47. All we have are our words and our actions. They are what define us. And one without the other is no good. You need to utilize both to make true change. Within yourself. Internally and externally.

Noah Nichols

#48. She sat there, with her feet in the water, not doing a thing, and all I could think was that this woman had changed my life. She'd changed the very universe I lived in - not by her actions or words, but with the curl of her lips as she smiled and the light in her eyes when she gazed upon mine.

Helen Cooper

#49. Anoint the saucepan with a touch of sunflower seed oil. Grease its scars, and as soon as the oils heats up, sprinkle with flour, pour on the bouillon and the moonshine strong as the hearts of the village man who knows not how to love with his words, only with his actions, and ass the chopped apple.

Vladimir Lorchenkov

#50. It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, Wait on time.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#51. The quality of a man is not determined by the opinions that others hold of him, nor by the opinions that he holds of himself. The quality of a man is determined only by his actions and the choices that he makes. Only that and that alone.

C. JoyBell C.

#52. A company has integrity when its words and actions consistently match the branding effort.

Maggie Macnab

#53. I would do anything for you. Anything.
With that, he pushed his way out ... and as the door eased shut, she realized that I love you could indeed be said without actually uttering the phrase.
Actions did mean more than words.

J.R. Ward

#54. Life is affected, even controlled by how thoughts are communicated in both words and actions.

Steven Redhead

#55. Influence often isn't noticed until it blossoms later in the garden of someone else's life. Our words and actions may land close to home, or they may be carried far and wide.

Elizabeth Price Foley

#56. Losing a family member, and her dying knowing she didn't have to die, that ... is a scar that will last forever for the people remaining, and even with good actions and good words, that scar will never disappear. Ever.

Kim Du-han

#57. It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.

Joseph Addison

#58. If habits, lifestyles, or personalities are fruits, then the thoughts, words, or actions are seeds. Change your seeds and the fruits will change accordingly. This can a flow like this. Thoughts -> Words -> Actions -> Habits -> Character -> Destiny.

Ilchi Lee

#59. Your thoughts should agree with your words, and the words should agree with your actions. In this world people think one thing, say another thing, and do something else. This is horrible. This is crookedness.

Sivananda

#60. You don't have to be 'adults' ... but be someone who can take responsibility for their own words and actions. Believe it or not, that's actually harder.

Natsuki Takaya

#61. Pardon, we beseech Thee, all our offences of omission and commission; and grant that in all our thoughts, words, and actions, we may conform to Thy known will manifested in our consciences, and in the revelations of Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Timothy Pickering

#62. Words are foolish. Promises are useless. Anyone can say anything to get what it is they desire. Believe in actions and actions alone.

Renee Ahdieh

#63. His words and ensuing actions - fleeing instead of fighting - had indeed put a bit of doubt in the kindly elf's not-so-closed mind.

R.A. Salvatore

#64. Today you are more inclined to put your ideas and visions into action than usual were you have the ability to express yourself and solve problems alone.

Auliq Ice

#65. Having true compassion for people isn't about the words that are spoken and the actions that are done. Having true compassion is an attitude from the heart that can't be faked.

Anna M. Aquino

#66. We could not help contrasting the equanimity of Nature with the bustle and impatience of man. His words and actions presume alwaysa crisis near at hand, but she is forever silent and unpretending.

Henry David Thoreau

#67. The daily mindfulness, consistency, and discipline is ultimately more important than the amount of time. In other words, it's more about quality than quantity. If you use 15 minutes effectively, you'll accomplish more than you would be able to with two hours of unfocused, random actions.

Simon S. Tam

#68. Trying to decipher where President Obama really stands on free trade can be like trying to trace the U.S.-Mexico border with a Google map. There are words, and there are actions - but there is mostly that long squiggly line in between.

Nina Easton

#69. Manage all your actions, words, and thoughts accordingly, since you may at any moment quit life.

Marcus Aurelius

#70. The key to leadership is having a vision, and being strong enough to say no and not try to please everybody. Thats a recipe for failure. Leadership is practiced through attitude and actions, rather than words and memos.

Matt Mickiewicz

#71. We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others based upon their own principles and their own value system rather than their moods or anger.

Stephen Covey

#72. [T]he only real moral crime that one man can commit against another is the attempt to create, by his words or actions, an impression of the contradictory, the impossible, the irrational, and thus shake the concept of rationality in his victim.

Ayn Rand

#73. The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute;
he simply speaks and does what is right.

Mencius

#74. Freeze your words and actions, divert your mind and laugh for a little while! That is all it takes to tame the demon called anger!

Ravi Samuel

#75. There is a vibrational effect in every action, just as there is vibration that rings from every letter in every word.

Suzy Kassem

#76. And this right here is what love is. It's not hurried and rushed, not lies and deceit. It's tender and giving, honest and trusting. It's the value of actions speaking louder than words.

Tiffany Aleman

#77. To any action there is always an opposite and equal reaction; in other words, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and always opposite in direction.

Isaac Newton

#78. Baba's words and actions have lit the lamp of love in the hearts of devotees and they will always remember him for the good things he has done.

Sathya Sai Baba

#79. Clothing is a wrapper, it means nothing. Your worth is measured by your actions and the words you speak.

Bridget Blackwood

#80. Faith is not mere belief but is that state you attain when you send your will, words, thoughts, beliefs, and actions into orbit around a chosen goal

Agona Apell

#81. We can easily see what actions and speech will lead us and others into hatred, confusion, difficulty, and suffering. And we can see what words and actions will not. ... Is our intention to hoodwink, mislead, inflate, or deceive others ... ?

Steve Hagen

#82. It's time for ordinary Americans to come out of the shadows and remind Washington every day in words and actions that we are a sovereign nation, not a sanctuary nation.

Michelle Malkin

#83. Lips and tongues lie. But actions never do. No matter what words are spoken, actions betray the truth of everyone's heart.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#84. Our lives are made of these moments. Simple words and actions, taken together, weave a single day, and our days become our life. Every gesture is a seed, and the seed determines the harvest.

Wayne Muller

#85. What do people who don't drink do on such occasions? Face the facts perhaps. But facing a fact is one thing, and overcoming it is another. Cognac was going to overcome the facts: overcome Edna's willed hardness and overcome my lack of suitable words and actions.

Waguih Ghali

#86. A fault line runs down the middle of my life, and whenever it cracks open-divorcing my words and actions from the truth I hold within-things around me get shaky and start to fall apart.

Parker J. Palmer

#87. Intentions, whether good or bad, that don't reflect the words and actions are only meant to fulfill personal goals.

Ashish Patel

#88. It's easy to tell someone something you know they want to hear. What's not so easy is following up on those easy words and making what you said come to life. It's in taking the words and turning them into actions where most people give up and bail out.

Melyssa Winchester

#89. Teach not with your words, but with your actions; not with discussion but with demonstration. For it is what you do that your children will emulate, and how you are that they will become.

Neale Donald Walsch

#90. A man in love is cautious with the decisions he makes, words he says and actions he takes, so he never purposefully causes her pain. He believes in her when she struggles believing in herself. He is her foundation, where she feels safe to be her true self.

Elizabeth Bourgeret

#91. Spirituality is not a function of occupation or calling. A scientist may be more spiritual than a theologian; a teacher may be more spiritual than an officer. Spirituality is determined by personal outlook and priorities. It is evident in our words and actions.

Dallin H. Oaks

#92. Images at their passionate and truthful best are as powerful as words can ever be. If they alone cannot bring change, they can at least provide and understanding mirror of man's actions, thereby sharpening human awareness and awakening conscience.

Cornell Capa

#93. If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation of love, words and actions that emerge from our love are always helpful.

Nhat Hanh

#94. The energy of our thoughts, words, actions, and emotions collectively create the frequency of our vibrational aura.

Alaric Hutchinson

#95. The belief in their actions can mend constellations. The ambition in their thirst for knowledge can both create and destroy.

F.K. Preston

#96. Europe and America should judge Georgia's leadership on the basis of their actions, not just their words and promises. Otherwise Saakashvili will transform Georgia into a dictatorship.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

#97. If you want to know the people of a nation, I am sure you can judge a great deal more about them from their cooking and eating traditions than you can from the words and actions of their public officials.

Peter Kropotkin

#98. In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior, discouraging any responsibility for one's actions..

Don Henley

#99. Trust is rebuilt by focusing not on what the other person did or did not do but on critiquing one's own behavior, improving one's trustworthiness, and focusing attention not on words and promises but on actions, attitudes, and ways of being.

Kenneth Cloke

#100. Anyone can complain, and they should have the right to, but if you want to see change you must act. Actions speak louder than words. Don't complain about things, change things.

Benjamin Franklin