actions speak louder than words

actions speak louder than words

English

Proverb

actions speak louder than words

1. It is more effective to act directly than to speak of action.
2. A person’s actions indicate their true sentiments more reliably than their claims do.

Antonyms

• (it is more effective to act directly): the pen is mightier than the sword

Translations

it is more effective to act than speak

Arabic: الْأَعْمَال أَعْلَى صَوْتًا مِن الْكَلِمَات‎ (al-ʾaʿmāl ʾaʿlā ṣawtan min al-kalimāt) Chinese: Mandarin: 行勝於言／行胜于言 (xíng shèng yú yán), 事實勝於雄辯／事实胜于雄辩 (zh) (shìshí shèng yú xióngbiàn) Dutch: geen woorden maar daden; daden zeggen meer dan woorden, niet lullen maar poetsen Finnish: teot puhuvat enemmän kuin sanat French: bien faire vaut mieux que bien dire (lit. doing well is better than talking well) German: Taten statt Worte; Nägel mit Köpfen machen (de); Taten sagen mehr als Worte Hungarian: a tett harsányabb a szónál, a tettek minden szónál ékesebben beszélnek Japanese: 不言実行 (ja) (ふげんじっこう, fugenjikkō) Korean: 후겐 실행 (hugen silhaeng) Latin: rēs, nōn verba, Acta, non verba Polish: czyny mówią głośniej niż słowa Portuguese: ações falam mais alto que palavras Russian: не по слова́м су́дят, а по дела́м (ne po slovám súdjat, a po delám) Slovene: dejanja so močnejša od besed Spanish: obras son amores, que no buenas razones Vietnamese: thùng rỗng kêu to

actions indicate true sentiments

Dutch: daden zeggen meer dan woorden Finnish: teot puhuvat enemmän kuin sanat German: Taten sagen mehr als Worte; an ihren Taten sollt ihr sie erkennen Indonesian: pangsa menunjukkan bangsa Spanish: por sus frutos los conoceréis, el movimiento se demuestra andando

See also

• by their fruits you will know them
• facts speak louder than words
• money talks, bullshit walks
• suit the action to the word
• talk is cheap
• talk the talk

References

• actions speak louder than words on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• actions speak louder than words at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 2.