walk the talk
Match deeds, words
To walk the talk is to act in accordance with what one says—to follow through on claims, promises, or stated values.
The phrase often appears as a challenge or test of sincerity: It's easy to preach sustainability, but does the company walk the talk?
Someone who talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk is all words, no action.
Capacity to seem true
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
- validityQuality of being sound
- substancePhysical material with mass
track record · proof · evidence · demonstration · reliability · consistency · dependability · standing
Quality of being real
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- realnessState of being authentic
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
forthrightness · unpretentious · unaffected · down-to-earth · straightforward · legitimate · earnest · heartfelt
State of being answerable
- answerabilityObligation to explain oneself
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
trustworthiness · dependability · transparency · consequences · ownership · follow-up · delivering · answering for
Truthfulness, sincerity
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
honor · morality · rectitude · probity · conscience · righteousness · decency · character
Completing what you began
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- executionCompleting a planned task
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- deliveryConveyance of goods
performance · fulfillment · actualization · demonstration · enactment · application · realization · completion
believability
Capacity to seem true
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- trustworthinessQuality of being reliable
- validityQuality of being sound
substance · track record · proof · evidence · demonstration · reliability · consistency · dependability · standing · respect
genuineness
Quality of being real
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- realnessState of being authentic
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
candor · forthrightness · unpretentious · unaffected · down-to-earth · straightforward · legitimate · earnest · heartfelt · congruence
responsibility
State of being answerable
- answerabilityObligation to explain oneself
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
reliability · trustworthiness · dependability · transparency · consequences · ownership · follow-up · delivering · answering for · backing up
honesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
virtue · honor · morality · rectitude · probity · conscience · righteousness · decency · character · values
follow-through
Completing what you began
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- executionCompleting a planned task
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
delivery · performance · fulfillment · actualization · demonstration · enactment · application · realization · completion · achievement
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- moral sayingsdo unto others, golden rule, do the right thing, honesty is the best policy, treat others fairly
- phrases about integritykeep your word, man of his word, straight shooter, above board, on the level
- leadership jargonempower, delegate, inspire, motivate, visionary
- moralitymoral, moral values, immoral, moral principles, moral code
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
walk the talkhypocrisy
Pretense of virtue
talk the talk · all talk and no action · empty promises · lip service · break one's word
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