But there is saying, and there is doing, and almost always people do something better than they can talk about it, as though the minded body defeats every attempt to select out only the mind part as deserving sole responsibility for the success.

Alice Koller
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It is true that the words of a person can make a difference, but it is also true that decisions made and actions taken often have no connection to the words spoken. In the end, the real credit goes to the person who does something. It’s one thing to say something, but it’s another thing to do something.

Source: An Unknown Woman

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