Action Not Words Quotes:

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

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

topic: Character, Important, Action Not Words

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

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Mean, World, Action Not Words

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

source: FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Aug 07, 2013

topic: Inspirational, I Hate You, Judging, Judging You, People In Your Life

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

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Martial Arts Inspirational, Journey To Success

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

- Vaclav Havel

topic: Steps, Action, Enough, Steps In Life, Mission And Vision

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

- Alfred Adler

topic: Trust, Work, Commitment, Not Trusting, Trustworthiness

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

- James A. Baldwin

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

topic: Inspirational, Change, Leadership, Managing Change, Leadership And Change

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

topic: 4th Of July, Patriotic, Men, New Friendship, Slender

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

- Diane Arbus

topic: Inspirational, Success, Uplifting, Cutting Edge, Action Not Words

We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye ... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

- Jacob Bronowski

source: Ascent of Man (1973) ch. 3

topic: Eye, Cutting, Hands, Cutting Edge, Lateral Thinking

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

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Encouraging, Empowering Women, Inaugural Speech

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

topic: Sorry, Eye, Different, Action Not Words, Right Action

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

topic: Country, Lying, Party, Sceptic, Action Not Words