Actions speak louder than words

Russian translation

Поступки говорят громче, чем слова.
Действия важнее речей.

Variants

Actions are mightier than words.
Easier said than done.
Fine words butter no parsnips.

Compare

Не верь словам, а верь делам.
Не по словам судят, а по делам.
Сказано - не доказано, надо сделать.
Совет хорошо, а дело лучше.
Не спеши языком, торопись делом.

Examples

"Only historians tell you what they thought. Research workers stick to what they did." "What they did is all I want to know. I've always been a believer in the old saw that actions speak louder than words." (Tey)

This is, therefore, one of the most perfect cases of circumstantial evidence we have ever had in our office. The circumstances speak louder than words and more emphatically than any words or any denial. (Gardner)

The clothes of the indignant aristocrat probably spoke louder than his tongue; the officer dropped his hand, and after consulting some papers in his hand, walked across to consult with the unkempt gentleman in the car. (Chesterton)

Everyone admitted the country was in a mess and all they ever seemed to do was to write and talk about it. Henrietta and Elizabeth wanted action, not words; Evelyn Larkin promised a new world. not in the future, but now. (Hawkesworth)