Talk Is Cheap Quotes

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Epictetus
“When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.”
Epictetus

Criss Jami
“After awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is.”
Criss Jami, Killosophy

Richelle E. Goodrich
“Let them hear your voice so rarely that a simply-uttered word creates a hush of expectancy in the room.”
Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

Mario Puzo
“Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind.”
Mario Puzo, The Last Don

Curtis Tyrone Jones
“Those who
disrespect you
with their mouth
don't deserve
your ear.”
Curtis Tyrone Jones

William Shakespeare
“Mere prattle without practice”
William Shakespeare, Othello

Habeeb Akande
“Talk is cheap when your words are of no value”
Habeeb Akande

“How can we tell people "never give up" when some haven't even started yet.”
Onyi Anyado

Joy Kogawa
“Some people," Aunt Emily answered sharply, "are so busy seeing all sides of every issue that they neutralize concern and prevent necessary action. There's no strength in seeing all sides unless you can act where real measurable injustice exists. A lot of academic talk just immobilizes the oppressed and maintains oppressors in their positions of power.”
Joy Kogawa, Obasan

Anthon St. Maarten
“Actions prove who someone is; words just prove who they want to be. If you want to know your true value in someone’s life, mute their words and watch their behavior.”
Anthon St. Maarten

Habeeb Akande
“Talk is cheap when your words have no value.”
Habeeb Akande

Paulo Freire
“When a word is deprived of its dimension of action,reflection automatically suffers as well and the word is changed into idle chatter, into verbalism,into an alienated and alienating "blah". It becomes an empty word that cant denounce the world.”
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“Until you press the switch button of the light in your room on, you shall always have light in your room and still leave in darkness.”
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Chinedum Azuh
“There is no reward for wishes.”
Chinedum Azuh

Frank  Sonnenberg
“If you don’t think talk is cheap, we need to have a heart-to-heart conversation.”
Frank Sonnenberg, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

“He talks a lot. He thinks is he playing a game, but this is a game of my rules.”
Oleksander Usyk

“Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind.”
Martio Puzo

Israelmore Ayivor
“Leaders walk their talks. They don’t give theories that do not work. They have clarity into their dreams and insight into their directions!”
Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“Talk is cheap, but it can cost you plenty.”
Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“We know way too many words of wisdom, but perform all too few actions of wisdom.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Anthon St. Maarten
“Kindness is not about words. It isn’t spoken. It is about action. Kindness is a deed.”
Anthon St. Maarten

“Talk is cheap but becomes quite costly when it is not followed by action.”
Charles F Glassman

Germany Kent
“Make silent moves as a quiet conqueror and let the results of your actions speak for you.”
Germany Kent