Words are plentiful, but deeds are precious.
Lech Walesa (1943 -)
Contributed by: Zaady
He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.
Source: 1989 Interview with CBS News
I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.
Source: speech to US Congress,1989
"It all came from there," Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.