Benjamin Franklin — Well done is better than well said.
Well done is better than well said.Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, 'Poor Richard's Almanack'
Franklin, a great talker, still ranked doing above saying. Words describe an intention; action is the intention arriving. One can be admired; only the other changes anything.
You can talk about learning English, or you can say one sentence in it today. The second is worth more than a week of the first.
Words that widen the world
An action that is performed intentionally.
Synonyms: act, action, feat
A small deed beats a grand promise.
A plan or aim to do something.
Synonyms: aim, plan, purpose
Good intentions need action to matter.
Common questions
It means taking action is more valuable than merely talking about it — deeds matter more than words.
From Benjamin Franklin's 'Poor Richard's Almanack'.
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