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Meaning
Your actions are more important than your words.
What you do is more significant than what you say.
Doing something is better than only speaking about it.
Example Sentences
You can't just tell your siblings how to act. You have to set yourself as a good role model and act it out yourself. Actions speak louder than words.
She always complains about how there are many abandoned pets in shelters yet never even considered adopting one. Actions speak louder than words.
It will be easier if the coach actually demonstrated what we should do rather than only describing it. I believe we would understand the idea of it more clearly. After all, actions speak louder than words.
The student begged the teacher to hand in the late assignment that night. It has been three weeks, and nothing has been handed in. The teacher talked with the student and told him that actions speak louder than words.