ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -If you say that actions speak louder than words, you mean that people’s actions show their real attitudes, rather than what they say. This expression is sometimes used to advise a person to do something positive.

Detailed explanation-2: -The phrase was first used in the form we use today in the United States by Abraham Lincoln in his Cooper Union Address. He stated: “’Actions speak louder than words’ is the maxim; and, if true, the South now distinctly says to the North, ‘Give us the measures, you take the men.”

Detailed explanation-3: -“You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!” It’s an interesting paradox. We tend to judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions.