Edgar Guest Quotes

Some things are better done than said.

Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart.

You can change the world, but if no one's listening, it doesn't matter.

Actions lie louder than words.

The best form of saying is doing.

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

Watch what we do, instead of what we say.

You’ve got to embody your message.

Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get your point.

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written.

I believe in deeds, not words.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

A thousand words can't make the mark a single deed will leave.

In churches, we live with the danger of one-way verbal traffic.

TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.

Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves.

Be personal. Be relevant. Be specific.

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.

actions speak louder than words

We might be known for what we believed, but we're certain to be remembered for what we did about it.

So sure, start with a slogan. But don't bother wasting any time on it if you're merely going for catchy. Aim for true instead.

I think "creative preaching" is redundant.

I am a story teller. If I wanted to send a message I would have written a sermon.

If you cannot - in the long run - tell everyone what you have been doing, your doing has been worthless.