actions speak louder than words
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Proverb[edit]
actions speak louder than words
- It is more effective to act directly than to speak of action.
- An individual's actions indicate their true sentiments more reliably than their claims do.
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of "it is more effective to act directly"): the pen is mightier than the sword
Translations[edit]
it is more effective to act than speak
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actions indicate true sentiments
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See also[edit]
- 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
- acta, non verba
References[edit]
- “actions speak louder than words”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 2.