Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Talk is cheap, let's go play.
The words you've bandied are sufficient; 'Tis deeds that I prefer to see. [Ger., Der Worte sind genug gewechselt, Lasst mich auch endlich Thaten sehn.]
The real issue is not whether two and two make four or whether two and two make five, but whether life advances by men who love words or by men who love living.
The world is satisfied with words, few care to dive beneath the surface.
Words are powerful, but action rules.
The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action.
The problem with words is that they easily lose their meaning. Say something often enough and it becomes a tic, not an expression of how you actually feel. Not only that, but words rarely change things. Actions do.
Many speeches can be heard throughout the world, but one always has to wait for deeds
I didn't want to be a man of words but of action.
People don't really believe in words. Or rather, people believe in words only for a stretch of time. Then they start to look for action.
Words and works eat not at one table.
