Randy Lerner 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.

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.

Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Businesses have to make gestures that go beyond words. Persuasion no longer works.

Deed, not words shall speak me.

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.

Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Actions speak louder than words. There is a big difference between what people say and what they do. People might tell you they are excited about your new product, but when they are in a buying situation their behaviour might be totally different.

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

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

Talk is cheap. Actions speak.

Make your life your work, not your talk.

I'm this big believer that culture is not what you say, it's what you do. Who cares about your PowerPoint and about what you've carved into your cornerstone? If it's not being modeled, it won't be readable.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.

Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves.

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-ori ented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.

The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done.

I wonder what the world would be like if everybody walked their talk; if word was married with deed; promises delivered by action.

He’ll have to prove it to you. Every day, he’ll have to prove he’s worthy of you. And if he doesn’t, that’s it. But I think he will.

More depends on my walk than talk.