Deed Quotes
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. George Eliot
Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. Buddha
Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis ''good works'' make the man. Eliza Cook
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. Sophocles
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. James Russell Lowell
In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. Leonard Cohen
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. Dodie Smith
We are the children of our own deeds. Victor Hugo
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life. Henry David Thoreau
Men of real merit, whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge are not yet to be endured when they vaunt their own actions. Schines
Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden. Blaise Pascal
Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem. Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. Albert Schweitzer
Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds. Sir Walter Raleigh
Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse. Kahlil Gibran
Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Nothing can be made of nothing; he who has laid up no material can produce no combination. Sir Joshua Reynolds
A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers love; pleasure bestowed on a grateful mind was never sterile, but generally gratitude begets reward. St. Basil
Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about the impression which they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men, only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a man can experience. Count Leo Tolstoy
Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure. The Talmud
The man who has accomplished all that he thinks worthwhile has begun to die. E. T. Trigg
Mighty in deeds and not in words. Motto
What monster have we here? A great Deed at this hour of day? A great just deed -- and not for pay? Absurd -- or insincere? Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention. Anonymous
Those who shine in the second rank, are eclipsed by the first. French Proverb
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. Vincent Van Gogh
How ever a brilliant an action, it should not be viewed as great unless it is the result of a great motive. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident. Charles Lamb
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. Thomas Paine
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. Henry David Thoreau
The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason. T. S. Eliot
Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil. Friedrich Nietzsche
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. Herodotus
Good deeds from good intentions flow; but good intentions only; build for us a place below. Anonymous
Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford
That best portion of a good man's life; His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. George Eliot
Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning. Midrash
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