Talk is cheap...It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in.
Interpretation
Actions speak louder than words, revealing our true beliefs and values.
Cesar Chavez emphasizes that mere talk without action holds little value. The true measure of our beliefs and character lies in the way we organize our daily lives and the choices we make, which reflect our deeper convictions and priorities.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage individuals to take action on their goals.
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.
I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have.
In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.
Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
I think that to have known one good, old man-one man, who, through the chances and mischances of a long life, has carried his heart in his hand, like a palm-branch, waving all discords into peace-helps our faith in God, in ourselves, and in each other more than many sermons
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.
Ability is a wonderful thing, but its value is greatly enhanced by dependability. Ability implies repeatability and accountability.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
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