English / proverb
Hell Is Full of Good Meanings, but Heaven Is Full of Good Works
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Merely having good intentions is worthless without actual moral and tangible deeds to back them up.
In context
01
The whistleblower argued that keeping quiet out of sympathy helps nobody; hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works.
02
Many executives claimed they intended to fix the environmental damage, but hell is full of good meanings, but heaven is full of good works.
Synonyms
actions speak louder than words,deeds not words,practice what you preach
Antonyms
empty promises,hollow intentions,armchair idealism
Collocations
preaching that hell is full of good meanings,remember hell is full of good meanings,but heaven is full of good works