You have the right to work, but do not become so degenerate as to look for results. Work incessantly, but see something… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
... only the good deed done for Christ's sake brings us the fruits of the Holy Spirit. All that is not done… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory,… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
In modern day evangelism, this precious doctrine [of regeneration] has been reduced to nothing more than a human decision to raise one's… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
It is not true that fate slips silently into our lives. It steps in through the door that we have opened, and… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
Theology reminded me that, however diabolical the act, it did not turn the perpetrator into a demon. We had to distinguish between… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The human measure of a human life is its income; the divine measure of a life is its outgo, its overflow its… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending, both before they have heard it and… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Respond to this person, this challenge, this deed. Quit evasions. Stop giving yourself needless… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every native of every place is a potential tourist, and every tourist is a native of somewhere. Every native everywhere lives a… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem… — Fernando de Rojas Copy Share Image
The calamities of tragedy do not simply happen, nor are they sent; they proceed mainly from actions, and those the actions of… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
True happiness comes only by making others happy—the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it. In… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Word of God will be to you a bulwark and a high tower, a castle of defense against the foe. Oh,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Standing on "tip toe", one stands not firmly. Straining in stride, one cannot walk far. Flaunting of deeds, one is unfavorably noticed.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
This day relenting God Hath placed within my hand A wondrous thing; and God Be praised. At His command, Seeking His secret… — Ronald Ross Copy Share Image
Each one of us can do a good deed, every day and everywhere. In hospitals in desperate need of volunteers, in homes… — Shari Arison Copy Share Image
This surface good-nature which captivates a new acquaintance and is no bar to treachery, which knows no scruple and is never at… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There is a tendency among many shallow thinkers of our day to teach that every human act is a reflex, over which… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Personally of course I regret everything. Not a word, not a deed, not a thought, not a need, not a grief, not… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Usually, to be sure, man considers only the stubble field of transitoriness and overlooks the full granaries of the past, wherein he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance, add love, By name to come call'd charity, the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know it already that each one of us is the effect of the infinite past; the child is ushered into the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Since the white people collectively have practiced the worst form of hatred against Negroes in America and they know that they are… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I deplore the horrible crime as child murder…no matter what the motive, love of ease, or desire to save from suffering the… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Though not a remarkably precocious child in other respects, she seemed to have very clear and correct views on almost every subject… — Martha Finley Copy Share Image
Now we will no longer concede so easily that anyone has the truth; the rigorous methods of inquiry have spread sufficient distrust… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A principal aim of education is to give students a taste for literature, for the books of life and power, and to… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
And who can deny that Stalin and Mao, not to mention Pol Pot and a host of others, all committed atrocities in… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
This having learnt, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the deeds its policy may prepare—all this and more is written… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
To expect happiness without giving up negative action is like holding your hand in a fire and hoping not to be burned.… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“This faith...is not like a deed to a house in which one may live with full rights of possession. It is more… — Lloyd C. Douglas Copy Share Image
Barack Obama has not only said that he is out to 'change the United States of America,' the people he has been… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
That utterance of Jesus, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's," is… — George W Truett Copy Share Image