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.

Antonyms

• the pen is mightier than the sword

Translations

it's more effective to act than speak

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行勝於言, 行胜于言 (xíng shèng yú yán), 事實勝於雄辯 (cmn), 事实胜于雄辩 (cmn) (shìshí shèng yú xióngbiàn)

• Dutch: daden klinken harder dan woorden (nl)
• Finnish:: teot puhuvat enemmän kuin sanat (fi)

• Japanese: 不言実行 (ja) (ふげんじっこう, fugenjikkō)
• Latin: rēs, nōn verba (la)
• Polish: czyny mówią głośniej niż słowa (pl)
• Russian: не по словам судят, а по делам (ru) (ne po slovám súdjat, a po delám)
• Spanish: obras son amores, que no buenas razones (es)

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 2.