Bell Hooks Quotes

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do. I used to say that I believed it was important to tell people about Jesus, but I never did. A friend kindly explained that if I do not introduce people to Jesus, then I don't believe Jesus is an important person. It doesn't matter what I say. We live for what we believe.

It doesn’t matter what you say you believe - it only matters what you do.

The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don't read what they write, don't ask what they believe, just observe what they do.

What you do simply proves what you believe.

The world will figure out what we really believe, by watching what we actually do.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

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

They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed.

Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.

What we say we believe makes very little difference until we act on our belief

The only measure of what you believe is what you do.

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

The true determining factor of our belief system is not what we're saying, but how we are living.

The important is not what you believe but how you behave.

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

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

What you are will show in what you do.

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

Watch what we do, instead of what we say.

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

Talk is cheap. Actions speak.

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

You are what you do, not what you say.

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

The want of faith, as well as faith itself, is best shewn by works. If a sceptic avoid the fire as much as those who believe it dangerous to go into it, we can hardly avoid thinking his scepticism to be feigned, and not real.