Confucius Quotes

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.

We want to watch what he does, not listen to what he says.

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

My dad told me something long before I was in politics, and when your dad gives you advice every single day, eventually one or two of the things stick in your mind. And he said, don't believe what people say, believe what they do.

Trust, but verify.

We need proof in our society.

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

Actions lie louder than words.

Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say, and what you think. /

No trusting without testing

Trust comes from deeds.

The people of Odisha know who fulfils promises and who does not. We believe in works and not in words.

Words that do not match deeds are not important.

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.

Don't ever break someone's trust. Once you do, then nobody wants to do business with you.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.

Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

I want my clients to trust me.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

You cannot say things one week and then behave differently.

I'm conservative, and people know where I stand. They can trust me to do what I say I'm going to do. I'm predictable.