Jane Addams
was a tireless worker for social change, and by the time of her death in 1935,
this longtime Chicago resident had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Addams
once observed, "America's future will be determined by the home and the
school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we
teach, and how we live." And she might have added that when it comes to
teaching our children, to our spouses, and to our coworkers, actions always
speak louder than words.
By Our Actions,
We Announce to the World Who We Are and What We Believe
"A
man's action is only a picture book of his creed."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The only way to get positive feelings about yourself is to take
positive actions. Man does not live as he thinks; he thinks as he lives."
Vaughan Quinn
If, when you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there, what is
there to worry about, and what is there to fear?
Goethe
"The world cares very little about
what a man or women knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that
counts."
Booker T. Washington
"This is a world of action and not one of moping or idleness."
Charles Dickens
"By their fruits ye shall know them."
Matthew 7:20 KJV
Actions Shout; Words Whisper
A person who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than
another has by words.
Phillips Brooks
Example is a lesson that all can read.
Gilbert West
If you want to be successful at helping others, demonstrate that you can make
your philosophy work in your own life.
Napoleon Hill
Don’t say things. What you are stands over you all the while and thunders so
loudly that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let your life speak.
Quaker Saying
This page
is written and compiled by Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.
