Why Are Actions More Powerful Than Words

Words have the power to change the lives of millions, people who take a stand speak for others and fight for what they want. Words have the power to provoke action, calm negative emotions and can inspire change as the following passages will elaborate that words have the power to change people. Events that go into history start with powerful speeches that persuade listeners to fight with them.

Actions are derived from our instincts, thoughts and emotions in which we perform. They are seen by those that surround us and reveal part of our identity. Words are powerful, but can be confusing and be interpreted differently.

We use words every day of our life, yet we don’t seem to realize how much power or influence they can really have on us. In the book thief, Markus Zusak uses words to create a sense of comfort and sanity in a time of chaos and war. Words are used to strongly influence people and their decisions. When Liesel learned to read she was more intelligent and had more power to influence; “once words had rendered Liesel useless, but now, when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband’s desk, she felt an innate sense of power” (Zusak 147). In Nazi Germany, Hitler uses words to control the people. This is one way words can be used to hurt people. Liesel and Max both come from broken homes and can’t read. When they learn to read they have power. Liesel didn’t

In this piece, the author argues that language can be powerful at the same time weak depending how it is used. “Language is powerful; language is power. Language is a change-creating force and therefore to be feared and used, if at all, with great care, not unlike fire.”(Page 62 Lakeoff) This piece tells that when language is not used in a correct manner it can create a whole lot of problems shows the domination here. For example, when a person use language as a tool they can influence people to buy, support and corrupt the minds of individuals who don’t have that ability or such tool. This show why the author edge people not to overlook the power of language but try to understand what language can do. The author argues that language can make things happen quick and also make it disappear if people don’t do what it says. It can bring people together and also make them turn against each other. Lakoff claim “Language is a symbol, not a reality; the map, not the territory, as Alfred Korzybski, the general semanticist, put it many years ago. But symbols have tremendous potency, often more than the reality they stand for, because so much volatile emotion attaches to them.”(page64). The piece goes on paragraph by paragraph trying to illustrate hoe dominate language can be not just to be seen as the meanings of talking but the

Nevertheless, the silence or little words could display power. The stammered manner empowers an individual like Billy and makes him much pure, forgiver and close to god. Bartleby’s few words change the lawyer’s mind and give him a new aspect in life. People could practice power by well use of words. They could twist the words in various ways to achieve their goal.

All throughout our lives, we hear negative and positive words. Maya Angelou said “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” A lot of people will always remember the way their emotions changed around you, good or bad.

Have you ever wanted to something, but your gut told you to not do it, but you did it, anyway. That just what happened in, the Seven most important things I think that the is your actions speak louder than your word. “It was a bitterly cold day when Arthur Owens grabbed a brick and hurled it at the trash picker. Arthur had his reasons, and the brick hit the Junk Man in the arm, not the head. But none of that matters to the judge he is ready to send Arthur to juvenile delinquency in the foreseeable future.” That is one reason why your actions are louder than your words.

How does language empower or limit the expression of our thoughts? At times, everyone becomes speechless. Our thoughts are scrambled and we are unable to express ourselves. At other times, language empowers us to communicate our thoughts and ideas in a way to persuade others to action. The more language we learn about and are exposed to the more we can use it to our advantage. Using our knowledge of language to express ourself more clearly to get a point across.

It has been said that actions speak louder than words. And that these actions can also be hurtful to others and that others can lead to do horrible things. Words don’t really have a say because some people don’t trust you and what you say. Until you do it and then they realize. Then it leads to this horrible chain of events. Unless you do something right and then it goes on nicely like paying it forward. Sources say that this expression date back as far as 1628. It was first used in its current format in the United States of America by President Abraham Lincoln in 1856, “Actions speak louder than words is the maxim; and if true, the South now distinctly says to the North, give us the measures, you take the men.” Quoted from Abraham Lincoln. Actions do speak louder than words. People will just say things to get you off their back and make promises that they will break. But you just have to trust them but you can’t always rely on them. You can tell someone you hate him or her as many times as you want, but until your behavior teams with that, the other person will probably not believe you.

While talking with a person their tone can determine the emotion behind the words. Maxwell discusses words spoken harshly with bring out a defensive reaction. The use of gentle words will have the other person soften their approach.

The book “Murder on the Orient Express” shows a great amount of irony, when it comes to actions speak louder than words. Murdering someone, which is an action, has a much different affect than words. Daisy Armstrong is a little baby girl that is kidnapped and murdered by Mr. Ratchett. Mr. Ratchett is also murdered later on in the book by several people. Every person has their own individual reason for not liking Mr. Ratchett and participating in the murder. Two people that strongly disliked Mr. Ratchett, causing their actions to speak louder than words, are Mrs. Hubbard Mary Debenham.

Actions can be more powerful than words because most of the time people will just tell you what you want to hear and they make promises to satisfy you.

Without words, the world would be a blank piece of paper. It would still exist, but there would be no color or vibrancy. I am thankful to live each day using thousands of words that add color to my life, but what properties allow certain words to hold more power and vibrancy over others? In my opinion, the power of a word comes with its general ability to cause negative or positive emotions immediately after hearing or seeing the word, and I believe the context a word is used in and the color it portrays can greatly affect its ability to cause these emotions. Mental retardation, for example, was a term originally used for clinical purposes, as it described people with a certain type of cognitive disorder. Nevertheless, the words “retard” and “retarded” eventually became offensive terms against someone or something thought to be stupid, and these words are still used in some people’s flagrant vocabularies (Makofsky 1). This goes to show taking a word with a pale, nude shade and using it in a negative context can ultimately transform a neutrally colored word into a coarsely colored one. Today, an innumerable amount of people, including myself, become uncomfortable

"Actions speak louder than words." Most of us have heard this at least once, and I agree. Some people rather you show them your true colors than to hear you speak gibberish. Words are just words that can be carelessly said by anyone.

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless.” Mother Teresa. Words hold so much power, so much more than realized. But just as words can be used for building character and creating inspiration, they can also be used as weapons to cause anger and pain. Words can provoke, calm or inspire any person to do good - or to do bad.