If the pen is mightier than the sword then how can actions speak louder than words?

If the pen is mightier than the sword then how can actions speak louder than words?

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.

Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but read more

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also his desires.

A pen is mightier then a sword as a sword may only take life while a pen can change the read more

A pen is mightier then a sword as a sword may only take life while a pen can change the world.

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition read more

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.

He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.