John N. Mitchell Quotes

Actions always speak louder than pre-match words.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

Saying is one thing and doing is another.

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

Saying and doing are two things.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Talk does not cook rice.

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

People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.

Talk is cheap. Actions speak.

Lead by examples, not words.

Actions are remembered long after words are forgotten.

There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.

Actions lie louder than words.

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.

A character is as much about what you do as what you say.

Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.

I don't just preach; I put my money where my mouth is!

What you are will show in what you do.

I've learned something about kids - they don't do what you say; they do what you do.

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

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

I generally think that I should only speak by action and not by words.

You can't be asking people to do things you're not willing to do yourself.