Lloyd Alexander Quotes

Whether someone signs something is not what's important. It's what they do and how they do it that matters.

It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.

What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves

People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they are different.

A necessary act incurs no blame.

Nations are what their deeds are.

What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.

What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.

Virtue must shape itself in deed.

It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

Intention, good or bad, is not enough.

Is a knife evil? Only if the wielder is evil.

Men must not only know, they must act.

You are what you do. It's about actions.

A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.

Words are less important to me than deeds.

It is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.

Whatever happens, take responsibility.