“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior.”

― Stephen M.R. Covey,

Everybody would agree that good deeds, righteousness, faithfulness, honesty, respect, love and etc.. are true values and traits but action portrays the different angle of virtue. Why ? We value the thing but never act accordingly. It shows the flaws of our character. Promises mean nothing if made without sincere action. Same way our actions define our character. People are in favour of good change but fail to carry out. So when we can’t change our attitude and behaviour so how can we expect to change the people and our problems. We lose our character by telling lies all the time to appease others, thinking we are deceiving them but we directly deceive our own selves

If the word of a person is followed by an action this gives an evidence of his character. Action shows sincerity and truthfulness of one’s words which convey the positive message to others. You can gain the trust of people.. can motivate others too. For instance, if parents are with such character then their child doesn’t need any other model to follow, his parents are his best role model. He will follow his parent’s advice, conversely he won’t pay heed to his parents advice if these things missing in their life.

This concept applies to almost every situation in a person’s life. Actions should meet verbal commitments, not conflict them. If you advice and make promises, people might not accept or believe you until they see you actually do it. If we give off two contradictory messages, verbal and nonverbal, people will have the tendency to believe the nonverbal over the verbal. Because action manifest the evidence of our message. Thus, before making any judgement about others, we must consistently monitor our actions so that they coincide with the words we say.