actions speak louder than words

actions speak louder than words
What you do shows your character better and is more important than what you say. - A proverb. * /John promised to help me, but he didn't. Actions speak louder than words./ * /Joe is very quiet, but actions speak louder than words. He is the best player on the team./

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  • actions speak louder than words — ► actions speak louder than words proverb what someone actually does means more than what they say they will do. Main Entry: ↑action …   English terms dictionary

  • actions speak louder than words — First recorded in its current form in the United States. 1628 J. PYM Speech 4 Apr. in Hansard Parliamentary Hist. England (1807) II. 274 ‘A word spoken in season is like an Apple of Gold set in Pictures of Silver,’ and actions are more precious… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • actions speak louder than words — What you do shows your character better and is more important than what you say. A proverb. * /John promised to help me, but he didn t. Actions speak louder than words./ * /Joe is very quiet, but actions speak louder than words. He is the best… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • actions\ speak\ louder\ than\ words — proverb What you do shows your character better and is more important than what you say. John promised to help me, but he didn t. Actions speak louder than words. Joe is very quiet, but actions speak louder than words. He is the best player on… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • actions speak louder than words — people judge by actions more than words, practice what you preach    Parents should remember that actions speak louder than words. Kids imitate their parents …   English idioms

  • Actions speak louder than words. — something that you say which means that what you do is more important than what you say. Of course the government have made all sorts of promises but as we all know, actions speak louder than words …   New idioms dictionary

  • actions speak louder than words — what someone does is more important than what someone says. You have to prepare for what your opponents could do, not what they say they ll do, because actions speak louder than words …   New idioms dictionary

  • actions speak louder than words — actual deeds are more important than stated intentions …   English contemporary dictionary

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