When you say "Actions speak louder than words", what do you mean by that?

Question

To whom are they speaking to?
And what are they saying?

I always interpert it as a representation of the individual performing the action (and therefore disagree), but what do you think?

Ok let me change "Words" for "Thoughts"

Do actions speak louder than what we think?

Answer 1

Analogy: Its like saying....

"I am going to lose weight..." to "I have lost weight"

your dreams dont count for shiznat if it only remains a dream.

Answer 2

I believe this is true. People can say anything but you really know the kind of person they are by how they live their lives. For instance, you may have someone who is always bragging about how many charities they give to, yet in their private life, they cheat on their taxes, don't tell a cashier when they've received too much change, don't answer the door when the paperboy comes to collect, etc. Are they generous or not? They say they are - but their actions show otherwise.

Answer 3

Of course actions speak louder than words...

If you sit around all day thinking "Man, I'd like me some orange juice.", what good is it going to do you? You can think or talk about something all you want but unless you actually get up and walk into the kitchen, I doubt you are going to get any orange juice.

Unless you use the force.

Answer 4

When someone says, actions speak louder than words, they are usually trying to make someone feel bad for not taking action. But people who take action usually do not speak like this to people so when anyone says actions speak louder than words you can rest assured that the person saying this is not likely to take action so it is safe to dismiss them and their cute little sayings.

Answer 5

It is easy to put things in words whether they are for good or bad. But it is sometime more difficult to do them. For example - people often talk about volunteering but many don't. Many (Including myself) talk about losing weight but don't even try real hard. Many talk about standing up to someone that is hassling you but it is hard to throw that punch. Etc. So many discount the words. What really counts is to do it. Therefore actions speak louder than words.

Answer 6

My husband can say he loves me all he wants, but I truly believe him when he gives me his whole attention, when he's willing to drive 100 miles just to take me to the beach, when he stays with me through labor and delivery and follows our baby girl from being pulled out of my tummy through c-section to the nursery.
Before I married him I was getting marriage proposals left and right from guys desperate for sex, but even though a couple professed to love me, they were not the ones holding me when I cried, they didn't stand up for me when I was being harrassed at work, they didn't bother to find out if I liked fishing, they never took me out to Mexican food, and they sure weren't around when I was sick. My husband not only did all those things, he even bought his own fishing pole and license just because he wanted to share going fishing with me (though I think he's so much better driving the boat to the good coves at the lake!)
My husband says he loves me, and then he proves it by stiicking with me through good times and bad. He goes to the store to buy 7-UP for me when I have the flu, he picks up chicken soup from the Chinese restaurant when I have a cold, he helps me clean up the house and wash the dishes when I'm sick and don't want to move.
Talk about actions speaking louder than words.

Answer 7

If I tell my boyfriend "I love you", does he really know? But if I kiss and hug him, words aren't really necessary. Thus the action speaks louder than the words.

Answer 8

"Actions speak louder than words" means that you can achieve more by actually doing something rather than just talking about it.

Answer 9

It's like this, "I'll change, I love you, I won't do it again, I swear I'll make it up to you.... "You say, show me". "Show me how you can change or do right". "Telling me is one thing, but actions speak louder than words." :)

Answer 10

They are referring to people who speak of one way of living & being & act opposite of that. Thoughts are different, we tend to keep them hidden. We are as we think. Thoughts are powerful & with pratice can be changed.

Answer 11

think of christians who say we should love our neighbors as ourselves than vote against gay marriage and preach against homosexuality from the pulpit, or protest abortion clinics but never take in the single mothers or care for the women after an abortion or take in the kids that stop from being aborted.