The past reflects eternally between two mirrors -the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well… — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
Before it is too late, we must narrow the gaping chasm between our proclomations of peace and our lowly deeds which precipitate… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
If you do not have the power to compete with the best believers in good deeds, then compete with the sinners in… — Ibn Rajab Copy Share Image
What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed He then that ever… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
It is the property of a great and good mind to covet, not the fruit of good deeds, but good deeds themselves,… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Though I do not believe in the order of things, still the sticky little leaves that come out in the spring are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch. Each of us can be true for just one day--and… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
If you can sit at set of sun And count the deeds that you have done And counting find oneself-denying act, one… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
Santa Claus is anyone who loves another and seeks to make them happy; who gives himself by thought or word or deed… — Edwin Osgood Grover Copy Share Image
I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
In marriage for example, you say 'Yes' on the day you get married, 'I do', but each day you implicitly if not… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Matthew kept hinting that his desire - for blood, chiefly- was so strong that it put everything else at risk. But vampires… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Be vigilant! Be vigilant! If an evil is minor, resist it nonetheless. If a good deed is trifling, perform it all the… — Liu Bei Copy Share Image
Without being forgiven, released from the consequences of what we have done, our capacity to act would, as it were, be confined… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Our Lord God shewed that a deed shall be done, and Himself shall do it, and I shall do nothing but sin,… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
We must strive every day so that this love of living humanity is transformed into actual deeds, into acts that serve as… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
You have never by a word or a deed given me one moment's uneasiness; on the contrary I have felt perpetual gratitude… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every word and deed must contribute to an understanding with the enemy and release those vast reservoirs of goodwill which have been… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We kill everybody, my dear. Some with bullets, some with words, and everybody with our deeds. We drive people into their graves,… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
What monster have we here? A great Deed at this hour of day? A great just deed - and not for pay?… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
You never want to look in a mirror," Lula said. "Men love mirrors. They look at themselves doing the deed and they… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes, Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown; But where there is true friendship, there… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private,… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while… — Imagawa Sadayo Copy Share Image
To sit and contemplate - to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
When the evil deed, after it has become known, brings sorrow to the fool, then it destroys his bright lot, nay, it… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough. — Douglas Horton Copy Share Image
I don't believe in originality in art. I think we exist on this earth to inspire each other, through our actions, through… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct. — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
There is absolutely nothing special about walking on a rope stretched along the ground. Where there is no risk, there can be… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
Some people find the gift of salvation. For others the gifts are smaller: a kind word, a good deed. But all the… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image