If actions are stronger than words, why is the pen mightier than the sword?

Answer 1

a pen will be immobilized without action
without the hand to use the pen to write..
the saying "action speak louder than words"
actually pertains to spoken words.
the 2nd quotations is more on written ones.
which spoke about signing for a treaty or truce
rather than resolving something through warfare and violence.

the Truth is, Action does say more than any written or spoken words do..
but it wont hurt if you can say it or write it too for a little justification.

Answer 2

I used to have a whole list of these: old cliches that fit together to create something of a paradox. That's because old cliches are designed to fit almost any circumstance, and you need to pick and choose for the occasion. Try it this way: actions speak louder than words, but AT TIMES the pen is mightier than the sword. Then it becomes clear that there are plenty of actions other than picking a fight!

Answer 3

writing is an action.

the saying "actions speak louder than words" is speaking of those who say what they intend to do or what should be done when actually doing the thing or helping get it done is what really matters.

the saying "the pen is mightier than the sword" is speaking in context of the American revolution and a time when war and killing accomplished less to change society and government than intellect- written to the understanding of the people and used as a motivator to pick up that sword in some cases.

The logic:
IF actions speak louder than words then: either the pen is not equal to words or the sword is not equal to action-- or BOTH.

Answer 4

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD? Here, we are offered the insight that words are superior to action, even deady killers, like swords.
This proverb means words are more powerful and effective than weapons in accomplishing your purpose.

Example:

I want to stress that articles you write on newspapers can change the world. The pen is mighter than the sword!

The idiom 'the pen is mightier than the sword' means that words and communication are more powerful than wars and fighting.

Answer 5

actions may be stronger than words, but just because someone goes and bops someone on the head with a sword doesn't mean it's that mighty! think about when you were in preschool and how hard it was to first write your name. It takes a "mighty" person to write things down and have intelligence, how much might does it take to bop someone on the head, absolutly NONE at all! you did that in preschool regardless of how well you could read or write. I hope this clears up your confusion. If not I'm sure I could give you a few more reasons. I had a very fun time writting this to you!

Answer 6

They are in two very different contexts. "Actions speak louder than words" refers to someone who acts rather than talks about doing something but never follows through. "The pen is mightier than the sword" refers to those with differing views. Here, "the pen"...logical and civil dialect, is more effective then brutality.

Answer 7

Because with a sword you just use it and strike with it and it's all over unless your enemy is a swordmaster, but words can take longer to sink into someone's deep thoughts and feelings and depending on how fragile the person is, some words that have been written by a pen or just said can stay spinning around in their mind for quite sometime until time makes them forget such hurtfulness.

Answer 8

With a sword, I can slay only one at a time, with a pen I can incite others to slay many.
Spoken words, again only travel so far, but my deeds could be known throughout the land because of a newspaper article.
In the first, I think spoken is implied, in the second, written.

Answer 9

That's actually an opinion and not a fact. But I on one hand agree with you. Words are a form of action. The character's movement is enough as to say what the author means. Uncle Tom's Cabin is one of those special books that do that.

Answer 10

Because the pen can insight those to take action. Thus making a full circle and starting a revolution of mind, body and soul.

Answer 11

Then pen is also mightier than the word.