Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Quote by Baltasar Gracian

Topics: Actions Speak Louder Than Words Quotes

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is...

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

Begin with another's to end with your own.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Chance has something to say in everything, even how to write a good letter

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to...

The more merit, the less affection

The more merit, the less affection

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Have friends. 'Tis a second existence.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even...

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel,...

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel,...