Warren Buffett Quotes

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

Don't let your mouth write a check that your tail can't cash.

You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.

It's one thing to make the speeches. It's another to make the tough decisions.

People can expect that from me as premier: If there's something to be done, something to be fixed, it'll happen.

If you're not gonna pull the trigger, don't point the gun.

If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.

When I say I'm going to do something, I do it.

Implementation of promises is as important as making them.

You have to follow that next step.

As a mayor, my instinct is to really think about how to get something done and not to make the promise unless you have some view of the pathway. You don't have to have it all figured out, but you have to have a pathway there.

You have to stick to your plan. Throwing everything overboard and inventing something on the spot does not make sense. You will never get that from me.

There's something very interesting about world leaders promising hope and then carrying through on that.

I think it is important to differentiate between lip service towards something and actually making change.

Our projects are transparent and speedy. We act what we say.

Talk is cheap if it doesn't motivate action.

If you made the choice to get in there and fight, you have to accept accountability for whatever happens.

Trust obviously develops when you reinforce what you say you're going to do by actions.

Usually, I don't just talk and not back it up.

You've got to look at the promises I kept. It's not just talking about doing things: it's doing them.

It is important to put pressure on Janowicz.

When the decision is up before you-and on my desk I have a motto which says "The buck stops here"-the decision has to be made.

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.

Words without action mean nothing. I’ll show you.