"Action speaks louder than words."

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Source: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, book 1 (1690)

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

The language of friendship is not words but meanings

Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849)

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

Source: Citizenship in a Republic (1910)

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Source: Middlemarch (1871-1872)

Action Quote