People May Doubt What You Say, But They Will Always Believe What You Do

You may bring to your office,

and put in a frame, a motto as fine as its paint,

but if you're a crook when you're playing the game,

 that motto won't make you a saint. 

You can stick up the placards all over the wall,

but here is a word I announce: 

 It is not the motto that hangs on the wall,

but the motto you live, that counts.

If the motto says, "Smile," and you carry a frown: 

"Do it now," and you linger and wait;

if the motto says "Help," and you trample men down;

 if the motto says, "Love," and you hate--

you won't get away with the mottoes you stall,

for truth will come forth with a bounce. 

It is not the motto that hangs on the wall,

but the motto you live, that counts.

For the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit.

Matthew 12:33