actions speak louder than words

English

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

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 (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

“actions speak louder than words”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 2.

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