Deeds Quotes · Page 23

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

— Otto von Bismarck

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

— Arthur Erickson

For a deed to be totally pure, it must be done without any thought of reward, whether worldly or divine.

— Bill Vaughan

Avoid jealously for this destroys good deeds as fire destroys wood.

— Abu Hurairah

Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire.

— Gautama Buddha

Surely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its hardshness.

— Helen Keller

Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.

— Scott Westerfeld

For there are deeds which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their…

— Saint Augustine

My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence... Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions? Imagine a magician…

— Akkineni Nagarjuna

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when…

— Charles de Lint

If love is in our hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle. Because understanding is the very foundation…

— Nhat Hanh

The volumes which record the history of the human race are filled with the deeds and the words of great men ...…

— Mary Ritter Beard

And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the…

— Ferdowsi

You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom,…

— Patrick Pearse

He who prides himself an extraordinary person by his deeds is rejected by the world; he who has independent ideas is hated…

— Shang Yang

It could be anything, give a homeless guy a sandwich, help an old lady across the street like anything to make this…

— Frank Iero

Maybe it's because we as writers are alone so often, are so attuned to listening to the run of our own thoughts,…

— Les Standiford

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Buddhist, who thanks no man, who says "Do not flatter your benefactors," but who, in his conviction that every good deed…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Revelation of Sonmi 451 To be is to be perceived, and so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes…

— David Mitchell

In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade!…

— Stonewall Jackson

Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If…

— Lawrence G. Lovasik

The deeds of love are less questionable than any action of an individual can be, for, it being founded on the rarest…

— Henry David Thoreau

From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.

— William Wordsworth

The most excellent of those who perform good deeds are those who most often remember God in all situations.

— Ibn Ata Allah

Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.

— Anonymous

Man is of soul and body, formed for deeds Of high resolve; on fancy's boldest wing.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

— Sarah Palin

I on the other side Us'd no ambition to commend my deeds; The deeds themselves, though mute, spoke loud the doer.

— John Milton

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.

— Alfred North Whitehead

The only measure of your worth and your deeds will be the love you leave behind when you're gone.

— Fred Small

“A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.

— Zoroaster

“All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.”

— Hafez

Words lead to deeds, they prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.

— Mother Teresa

I take no actions that I wouldn't publicly recount. If you can't speak your deeds, then don't do them.

— Kresley Cole

The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats.

— Michael Mullen

Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.

— Baltasar Gracian

Good deeds, create good will, which opens the heart to the good news.

— Eric Swanson