Stephen Hadley Quotes

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves

An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.

My actions will speak louder than words.

Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Promise little and do much.

In the end we are not going to be judged by how smart we are or by how much we care, but by what we have done.

Judge us not by the rhetoric; judge us by the results.

A politician and a government should be judged by one way only: on the record of what you do or did, not on what you say.

When it's all over, you're remembered for what you did, not what you said you were going to do.

What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do.

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

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

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

Well done is better than well said.

People don't do what you expect but what you inspect.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

Actions lie louder than words.

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

Words do not convince me; I must have deeds.

It's deeds we need, not words.