Ted Kennedy Quotes

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.

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

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

Actions lie louder than words.

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

Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.

I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

Empty threats are often worse than saying nothing at all. It's like leading from behind. Eventually, no one thinks you're leading at all. And after a while, no one is even listening.

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

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

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

I tend to feel if people say they're going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

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

People don't always do what they say they're going to do.

You don’t tell the truth just some of the time… The American people deserve the truth all of the time.

Saying is one thing and doing is another.

We want to live in a country where the leaders have enough respect for us to tell us the truth

If you draw [red] lines and then don't respect them, you diminish your credibility.

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

That's something I've prided myself on: doing exactly what I tell people when I'm running.

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

I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.

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