Action Not Words Quotes

• By all means tell the world how good you are - but do it with actions, not words.

  Napoleon Hill

  Mean, World, Action

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• You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Inspirational, I Hate You, People

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Aug 07, 2013

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• Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.

  Vaclav Havel

  Inspiring, Success, Vision

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• Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

  Alfred Adler

  Trust, Work, Commitment

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• Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

  James A. Baldwin

  Inspirational, Change, Leadership

  "As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.

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• A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

  George Washington

  True Friend, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.39, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

  Diane Arbus

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

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• The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation.

  Jacob Bronowski

  Understanding, World, Ascent

  Ascent of Man (1973) ch. 3

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• Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Light

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• Show, not tell, right? Action, not words. You don’t want to hear how sorry I am or how things will be different this time. You want to see it with your own eyes. And until I can show you that, you won’t tell me what I want to hear.

  Ann Aguirre

  Sorry, Eye, Different

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• I come from a generation of sceptics, who do not believe what politicians say. The Labour Party wants to convince people through actions, not words. The Nationalist party have given the country 25 years of lies, the Labour Party will build the country anew.

  Joseph Muscat

  Country, Lying, Party

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• As the United Nations pushes for jurisdiction over the globe, it is important to remember how it has acted in Bosnia. The character of an institution, no less than of an individual, is revealed through actions, not words.

  Wendy McElroy

  Character, Important, Bosnia

  "Is the U.N. Running Brothels in Bosnia?" by Wendy McElroy, www.foxnews.com. January 22, 2002.

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• A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of his friends, and that the most liberal professions of good will are very far from being the surest marks of it. I should be happy that my own experience had afforded fewer examples of the little dependence to be placed upon them.

  George Washington

  Men, Example, World

  George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.365

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