The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
But if the longing for the achievement of the goal is powerfully alive within us, then shall we not lack the strength… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If we look on idly, heaven and earth will never be joined. To join heaven and earth, some decisive deed of purity… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it… — Al-Tabarani Copy Share Image
Persuade me or prove to me that I am mistaken in thought or deed, and I will gladly change - for it… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
O, if the deeds of human creatures could be traced to their source, how beautiful would even death appear; for how much… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?" Deed, and I… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
So our lives In acts exemplary, not only win Ourselves good names, but doth to others give Matter for virtuous deeds, by… — George Chapman Copy Share Image
Civilization, let me tell you what it is. First the soldier, then the merchant, then the priest, then the lawyer. The merchant… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
When I was young, I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing. And I leapt at… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
In life I learned that you should not brag, until you've done it And even worse than that.. Could you do it… — Renzo Gracie Copy Share Image
Our intentions - noticed or unnoticed, gross or subtle contribute either to our suffering or to our happiness. Intentions are sometimes called… — Gil Fronsdal Copy Share Image
You can be anybody you want to be you can love whomever you will you can travel any country where your heart… — Fred Small Copy Share Image
The greeting of peace (as-salamu 'alaykum) has many meanings. One of these meanings is that the person you are greeting will be… — Salman al-Ouda Copy Share Image
That experience showed me that I-from moment to moment-am the only person in control of my connection to God. It's not that… — Barbara De Angelis Copy Share Image
If I venture to displace ... the microscopical speck of dust... on the point of my finger,... I have done a deed… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
How wonderful to know someone who was bad and dishonorable and a cheat and a liar, when all the world was filled… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They all wait impatiently for the blessed cloak of darkness to cover their wretched little deeds, but the sun will not be… — Karen Maitland Copy Share Image
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The lives of truest heroism are those in which there are no great deeds to look back upon. It is the little… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
One of the ways to find your true CHARACTER is to evaluate how you behave and perform your deeds when you are… — Ritu Copy Share Image
Protestantism came and gave a great blow to the religious and ritualistic rhythm of the year, in human life. Non-conformity almostfinished the… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
There is no work better than another to please God: to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a souter [cobbler], or… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Roscoe was spiritually illegal, a bootlegger of the soul, a mythic creature made of words and wit and wild deeds and boundless… — William Kennedy Copy Share Image
I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
True humility is expressed in deeds, not words. The humble are those who truly walk the same ground as everyone else -… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Christianity is not a religion for the masses, let alone for all. Cultivated by few and translated into deeds, it is one… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
What makes a man a man are his deeds, his responsibilities, and his reactions... These things are also what makes a man… — Shannon Delany Copy Share Image
A nation's character is the sum of its splendid deeds; they constitute one common patrimony, the nation's inheritance. They awe foreign powers,… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow,… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest… — John Milton Copy Share Image
People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I would give something to know for whose sake precisely those deeds were really done which report says were done for the… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Some men make gain a fountain, whence proceeds A stream of liberal and heroic deeds; The swell of pity, not to be… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“Man is seldom judged on the basis of his good deeds. If bad in past the good in present doesn’t matter ;… — Mehnaz Ansari Copy Share Image
What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image