Seneca the Younger Quotes

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.

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

Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.

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

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Let deeds match words.

Actions lie louder than words.

Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.

Trust is that there should be no difference between what you do and say, and what you think. /

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

Power is actualized only when word and deed have not parted company.

What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.

A good man's life is all of a piece.

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

Integrity is a life where your beliefs and intentions are aligned with your words and actions.

You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing.

Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.

There's those who talk about it. And there's those who BE about it!

Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.

There are some people whom we envy not because they are rich or handsome or successful, although they may be all or any of these, but because everything they are or do seems to be all of a piece, so that even if they wanted to they could not be or do otherwise.

A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.