actions

Just a short one cause some people find me too crapy
There was once a leader who did things for the people of his country yet yield no results, his people feel that what he did was bad for the country. But 100 years later, the country feel that what he did has made the country or benefit the country today. If I remember correctly the leader was Napoleon. (Think so only)
Your actions leads to the results. Yet it is not the results that is important it is the action. However, in the real world, people see results as the fruit of your actions. We live in a weird world.