Mark Twain

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
-Mark Twain

This quote is interesting to me. I always hear "actions speak louder than words", but I have never heard the additional "but not nearly as often."
I think that this is very true. We live in a society that is full of words, gossip magazines, and many other things that are not even always true. The important part of all the words is the actual action. No matter how many times someone says they will do something or someone else did something, many people will not believe it until they see the action or evidence from the action.