Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Actions please us deeper than just words- though teasers talk up promises so made with words that sound like songs of pretty birds; the music's sweet, but sours when pledges fade. Words flow smoothly, soothing heart and mind with hopeful thoughts that all too soon escape. These words that tease are truly not inclined to fill those hopes that never will take shape. Actions do please deeper- words just tease to simply stoke a fire that's never lit. Just empty words for vows that float away- from shallow talkers who will not commit. So disappointed when words stand alone- that only tease with promises not met- to then accept the letdown we bemoan by sham neglect- the sad result we get. July 19, 2016 Contest: Motto Matters Sponsor: Natasha L Scragg --------------------------------------------------- Note: The origin of this phrase in its earliest known appearance (with the exact wording it has today) is in a work called the Melancholy State of Province, 1736: “Actions speak louder than words and are more to be regarded.” However, the idea of this phrase goes back even further. For example, Michel de Montaigne, who lived during the 1500s, expressed the following in one of the essays he wrote: “Saying is a different thing from doing.” Reference: google.com