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actions speak louder than words

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English

Pronunciation

enPR:ăk′shənz spēk loud′ərthăn′ wûrdz,-thən-
(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): (contemporary)/ˈak.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðan wɜːdz/,(conservative)/ˈæk.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðæn wɜːdz/;/-ðən-/
(General American, Canada)IPA^(key): /ˈæk.ʃənz spik ˈlaʊ̯d.əɹ ˌðæn wɜɹdz/;/-ðən-/
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(General Australian)IPA^(key): /ˈæk.ʃənz spiːk ˈlæɔ̯d.ə ˌðæn wɜːdz/;/-ðən-/
(New Zealand)IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.ʃənz spiːk ˈlæʊ̯d.ə ˌðɛn wøːdz/,/ˈɛk.ʃənz spiːk ˈlæʊ̯d.ɐ ˌðɛn wøːdz/,/ˈɛk.ʃənz spiːk ˈlæʊ̯d.a ˌðɛn wøːdz/;/-ðən-/
(Scotland)IPA^(key): /ˈak.ʃənz spik ˈlʌʊ̯d.əɹ ˌðan wʌɹdz/;/-ðən-/
(India)IPA^(key): /ˈak.ʃi̯onz spiːk ˈlawɖ.əʳ ˌd̪an wəːʳɖz/;/-d̪an-/
Hyphenation:ac‧tion speak loud‧er than words

Proverb

actions speak louder than words

It is moreeffective toact directly than tospeak ofaction.
Antonym:the pen is mightier than the sword
Anindividual'sactions indicate theirtrue sentiments morereliably than theirclaims do.

Translations

it is more effective to act than speak

Arabic:الْأَعْمَال أَعْلَى صَوْتًا مِن الْكَلِمَات(al-ʔaʕmāl ʔaʕlā 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(literally“doing well is better than talking well”)
German:Taten statt Worte;Nägel mit Köpfen machen (de);Taten sagen mehr als Worte
Hindi:काम बोलता है(kām boltā hai)
Hungarian:a tett harsányabb a szónál,a tettek minden szónál ékesebben beszélnek
Indonesian:please add this translation if you can
Japanese:不言実行 (ja)(ふげんじっこう, fugenjikkō)
Korean:불언실행(不言實行) (ko)(bureonsilhaeng)
Latin:rēs, nōn verba,ācta, nōn 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, literally“they judge not by words but by deeds”)
Scottish Gaelic:please add this translation if you can
Slovene:dejanja so močnejša od besed
Spanish:obras son amores, que no buenas razones
Turkish:lafla peynir gemisi yürümez,ayinesi iştir kişinin, lafa bakılmaz
Vietnamese:hành động có giá trị hơn lời nói

actions indicate true sentiments

Arabic:please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin:please add this translation if you can
Dutch:daden zeggen meer dan woorden
Finnish:teot puhuvat enemmän kuin sanat
French:please add this translation if you can
German:Taten sagen mehr als Worte;an ihren Taten sollt ihr sie erkennen(literally“from their deeds you shall know them”)
Hindi:please add this translation if you can
Hungarian:please add this translation if you can
Indonesian:pangsa menunjukkan bangsa
Japanese:please add this translation if you can
Korean:please add this translation if you can
Latin:please add this translation if you can
Polish:czyny mówią głośniej niż słowa
Portuguese:please add this translation if you can
Russian:please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic:beul a labhras ach gnìomh a dhearbhas(literally“a mouth talks but a deed proves”),beul a labhras ach cridhe a dhearbhas
Slovene:please add this translation if you can
Spanish:por sus frutos los conoceréis,el movimiento se demuestra andando
Turkish:please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese:please add this translation if you can

See also

Further reading

“actions speak louder than words”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
Titelman, Gregory Y. (1996),Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings,→ISBN, page 2

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