| Russian | English |
| дела, а не слова | deeds, not words |
| дела, а не слова | actions speak louder than words |
| здесь нужны не слова, а дела | this requires deeds, not words |
| на деле, а не только на словах | in deed and not in name |
| нам нужны не слова, а дела | we want actions, not talk |
| не на словах, а на деле | in deed and not in name (Alex Lilo) |
| не на словах, а на деле | in fact rather than in word (AD Alexander Demidov) |
| не на словах, а на деле | not in word but in deed (Alex Lilo) |
| не по словам судят, а по делам | deeds, not words (Anglophile) |
| не по словам судят, а по делам | it is not words that count but deeds |
| не словом, а делом | take action and not just talk about it (triumfov) |
| не словом, а делом | by deed, not by word (He threatens by deed, not by word. Alexander Demidov) |
| не словом, а делом | if you talk the talk, you'd better walk the walk (org.uk Tanya Gesse) |
| о человеке надо судить по делам, а не по словам | a man should be judged by his deeds, not by his words |
| способность вести за собой не словами, а делами | leadership through action (ART Vancouver) |
| судят по делам, а не по словам | a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words |
