When deeds speak, words are nothing.
African Proverb
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When deeds speak, words are nothing.
PIERRE-JOSEPH PROUDHON Deeds, not words shall speak me.
JOHN FLETCHER I have always been fond of the West African proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD Deeds are fruits, words are leaves
ENGLISH PROVERB Deeds are males, words females are.
SIR JOHN DAVIES Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants.
SWISS PROVERB Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants.
DUTCH PROVERB Deeds are males, words females are.
JOHN DAVIES Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'W...
SAINT JEROME Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.
H ROSS PEROT When your mouth stumbles, it's worse than feet. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERB Deeds are better things than words are, actions mightier than boastings
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Hold a true friend with both hands
AFRICAN PROVERB The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their app...
LEO TOLSTOY The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their app...
LEO NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY Deeds, not words.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER What, gone without a word? Ay, so true love should do; it cannot speak, For truth hath better deeds ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and ...
CHARLES READE Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and ...
CHARLES READE The African proverb, 'It takes a village to raise a child' -- that speaks volumes about where the ki...
AARON LEE A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.
RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality.
JON CORZINE Let deeds match words.
PLAUTUS When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are ...
AUDRE LORDE African-American history is not something that can be put on display solely during the month of Febr...
ROBERT HALL When you have grace to speak kind words, declare the sacred-words.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with d...
PLAUTUS One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with d...
EURIPIDES Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are...
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illu...
JOHN KEATS Big words seldom accompany good deeds.
DANISH PROVERB Big words seldom accompany good deeds.
CHARLOTTE WHITTON I believe in deeds, not words.
TAMORA PIERCE Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
DOUGLAS HORTON Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
DOUG HORTON Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB Mighty in deeds and not in words.
ANON. Words have a longer life than deeds.
PINDAR Love not in words but in deeds
STEVEN ESPINOSA "Your kind words and deeds can help others to cope, when they have special needs." ~Tom Baker
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The bitterest tear shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE External actions are evidence of internal beliefs. Our deeds are what show our creeds.
TIM HILLER Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced -- even a proverb is no proverb to you till your li...
JOHN KEATS Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
SAMUEL DANIEL Striving to tell his woes, words would not come;
For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dum...
SAMUEL DANIEL why talk and say the unsaid words in haste when silence can speak the unspoken words?
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The words you speak are commands that seek.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.
IAN FLEMING If a person’s deeds are truly better, then his words are bound to be greater; but if his words are...
ANUJ SOMANY Love is expressed more by deeds than words.
TAPAN GHOSH I take my cue from deeds, not words.
AESCHYLUS It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.
STEPHEN KING They say actions speak louder than words, but actions don't speak. People speak, and people are ...
JENNETTE MCCURDY Every time you speak, you are either building up yourself for the better or you are limiting yoursel...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Brave deeds are wasted when hidden
BLAISE PASCAL [I] would argue that native-born blacks are so vastly less "African" than actual Africans that calli...
JOHN MCWHORTER Love is shown more in deeds than in words.
IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA Such as thy words are, such will thine affections be esteemed; and such as thine affections, will be...
SOCRATES I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a m...
CONFUCIUS Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter
AFRICAN PROVERB Do not worry about the fly that falls into your palm wine, worry about the frog that may be hopping ...
SEGUN OLOGE Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.
BLAISE PASCAL The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet Beec...
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.
FR. JEROME CUMMINGS Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.
GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
JEWISH PROVERB For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Words have power, and when you speak you give them life. Speak into the atmosphere. Speak into exist...
AMAKA IMANI NKOSAZANA It's just hypocritical for Wells Fargo to promote itself as the largest lender to African-Americans ...
CHRIS LEONARD I speak less because my words are precious and my advices are priceless.
AMIT KALANTRI Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.
ZELL MILLER A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words.
RUSSIAN PROVERB Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.
ALBERT EINSTEIN The words you do not speak are as important to the impact you make on other people as the words you ...
TOM CUNNINGHAM It has been noted that actions speak louder than words. Truth is, I have found that during many situ...
STEVE MARABOLI and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we ...
AUDRE LORDE Words deserted him immediately. He could only speak when he was not asked to.
E.M. FORSTER Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.
JONATHAN SWIFT Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless
MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in words...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,
Speak of me as I a...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
CONFUCIUS Our focus is on deeds and not so much words and personalities.
JAMES RUBIN Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.
ELIE WIESEL A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
KONG FU ZI In the real world, words don't automatically translate into deeds.
KATHLEEN TROIA MCFARLAND Today, I will speak words which will make others feel good about themselves without being stingy; no...
JOHN B. BEJO Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We have nothing to speak about. There never was. Words are an unnecessary trouble. Expression is tim...
CECIL BALDWIN The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow wor...
LECH WALESA The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds.
TECK FOO CHECK Words always take on the color of the deeds or sacrifices they evoke.
ALBERT CAMUS Actions speak louder than words
AMERICAN PROVERB Tears are the noble language of eyes, and when true love of words is destitute. The eye by tears spe...
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