They are gained through actions".
As ever, he spoke through actions as much as words.
Through actions like these, he has made the Olympic committee appear more accessible and less imperious.
"We imbue our desire with words and meaning, they show us through actions," he said.
Sisi warned in an interview that Egypt would not tolerate pressure, "whether through actions or hints".
Cool and stoical, his loner heroes spoke through actions and rarely with words.
"I don't do it in social situations, but I do it inside of myself, through sport, through art, through actions.
Emotions may be inexpressible in these stories, but they do find expression, if not through words then through actions.
Investors know that governments face pressures to gain short term political reward through actions which could undermine the carbon price.
Lonely minds think aloud to steady themselves, and can often think through actions in second-person narration.
Euro-centrism - a worldview which centres and places overemphasised importance on the West - reinforces its supremacy through actions like these.
