--- title: "Inspiring Deeds Lines" description: "Browse 2,029 Deeds quotes by 1,102 authors. Discover the best Deeds sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/shari-arison-13391_according_good-deeds-day-is-based-on-a-simple-idea_641271.jpg" --- > [Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shari-arison/good-deeds-day-is-based-on-a-simple-idea-that-every-person-can-do-a/) [Shari Arison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shari-arison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/shari-arison-13391_according_good-deeds-day-is-based-on-a-simple-idea_641271.jpg) > [He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-reads-much-he-is-a-great-observer-and-he-looks-quite-through-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/william-shakespeare-4_antony_he-reads-much-he-is-a-great-observer-and_562982.jpg) > [How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-andreas-widtsoe/how-can-we-give-to-the-lord-what-shall-we-give-to-him-every-kind-word/) [John Andreas Widtsoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-andreas-widtsoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/john-andreas-widtsoe-22535_chiefs_how-can-we-give-to-the-lord-what-shall-w_1828578.jpg) > [Let no one out of laziness or continuous worldly occupations miss these holy Sunday gatherings, which God Himself handed down to us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-palamas/let-no-one-out-of-laziness-or-continuous-worldly-occupations-miss/) [Gregory Palamas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-palamas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d0/gregory-palamas-12213_abandoned_let-no-one-out-of-laziness-or-continuous_786365.jpg) > [Because of our belief in being separate, we fall into all kinds of harmful actions and deeds that create more problems for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-merzel/because-of-our-belief-in-being-separate-we-fall-into-all-kinds-of/) [Dennis Merzel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-merzel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/dennis-merzel-48814_action_because-of-our-belief-in-being-separate_2229859.jpg) > [And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/and-lest-we-get-on-our-high-horse-and-think-this-is-unique-to-some/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/barack-obama-17_christ_and-lest-we-get-on-our-high-horse-and-th_524536.jpg) > [A nasty day! A nasty day! 'Twas thus I heard a critic say Because the skies were bleak and gray— And yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/a-nasty-day-a-nasty-day-twas-thus-i-heard-a-critic-say-because-the/) [John Kendrick Bangs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kendrick-bangs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/john-kendrick-bangs-25337_attitude_a-nasty-day-a-nasty-day-twas-thus-i-hear_2455697.jpg) > [Do everything calmly and peacefully. Do as much as you can as well as you can. Strive to see God in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-francis-de-sales/do-everything-calmly-and-peacefully-do-as-much-as-you-can-as-well-as/) [Saint Francis de Sales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-francis-de-sales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/saint-francis-de-sales-2108_all-things_do-everything-calmly-and-peacefully-do-a_1056474.jpg) > [There are things about quitting the smoking habit for which nobody prepares you. Did I have any idea that I would indulge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/there-are-things-about-quitting-the-smoking-habit-for-which-nobody/) [Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/christopher-hitchens-117_blue_there-are-things-about-quitting-the-smok_3153836.jpg) > [Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/tell-me-asked-stas-what-is-a-wicked-deed-if-anyone-takes-away-kali-s/) [Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/henryk-sienkiewicz-10837_answers_tell-me-asked-stas-what-is-a-wicked-deed_1387553.jpg) > [Now the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/now-the-greatest-external-good-we-should-assume-to-be-the-thing-which/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/aristotle-78_assuming_now-the-greatest-external-good-we-should_1715393.jpg) > [Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimonides/every-man-should-view-himself-as-equally-balanced-half-good-and-half/) [Maimonides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimonides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/maimonides-2639_balanced_every-man-should-view-himself-as-equally_1512786.jpg) > [It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moses/it-is-indeed-surprising-that-a-man-inspite-of-his-belief-in-the-fire/) [Moses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moses/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/moses-17258_able_it-is-indeed-surprising-that-a-man-inspi_2618137.jpg) > [Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/christians-often-equate-holiness-with-activism-and-spiritual/) [Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/kevin-deyoung-1086_activism_christians-often-equate-holiness-with-ac_2152397.png) > [For many of us, conversion is an ongoing process and not a onetime event that results from a powerful or dramatic experience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-a-bednar/for-many-of-us-conversion-is-an-ongoing-process-and-not-a-onetime/) [David A. Bednar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-a-bednar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/david-a-bednar-2121_communication_for-many-of-us-conversion-is-an-ongoing_2924861.jpg) > [I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/i-believe-that-whoever-tries-to-think-things-through-honestly-will/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/albert-einstein-33_age_i-believe-that-whoever-tries-to-think-th_2691843.jpg) > [The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-thurman/the-movement-of-the-spirit-of-god-in-the-hearts-of-men-and-women/) [Howard Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-thurman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/howard-thurman-11976_anticipate_the-movement-of-the-spirit-of-god-in-the_832295.jpg) > [As we move toward the future, we must not neglect the lessons of the past. Our Heavenly Father gave His Son. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-s-monson/as-we-move-toward-the-future-we-must-not-neglect-the-lessons-of-the/) [Thomas S. Monson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-s-monson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/thomas-s-monson-409_deeds_as-we-move-toward-the-future-we-must-not_2354715.jpg) > [Every virtuous woman desires a husband to whom she can look for guidance and protection through this world. God has placed this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigham-young/every-virtuous-woman-desires-a-husband-to-whom-she-can-look-for/) [Brigham Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigham-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71e/brigham-young-1075_advantage_every-virtuous-woman-desires-a-husband-t_990518.jpg) > [So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-parsons/so-many-able-writers-have-shown-that-the-unjust-institutions-which/) [Lucy Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-parsons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/lucy-parsons-31985_able_so-many-able-writers-have-shown-that-the_2863233.jpg) > [See how he cowers and sneaks, how vaguely all the day he fears, not being immortal nor divine, but the slave and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/see-how-he-cowers-and-sneaks-how-vaguely-all-the-day-he-fears-not/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/henry-david-thoreau-20_deeds_see-how-he-cowers-and-sneaks-how-vaguely_1382481.jpg) > [We have sworn, and not lightly. This oath we will keep. We are threatened with many evils, and treason not least; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/we-have-sworn-and-not-lightly-this-oath-we-will-keep-we-are/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_add_we-have-sworn-and-not-lightly-this-oath_2425742.png) > [ “\[T\]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-pears/t-he-concern-of-man-is-not-his-future-but-his-present-not-the-world/) [Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-pears/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/iain-pears-9652_action_t-he-concern-of-man-is-not-his-future-bu_1687578.jpg) > [One who loves must learn fear. One who fears must learn love. The thinker must do. The doer must think. The pacifist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/menachem-mendel-schneerson/one-who-loves-must-learn-fear-one-who-fears-must-learn-love-the/) [Menachem Mendel Schneerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/menachem-mendel-schneerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/menachem-mendel-schneerson-284_air_one-who-loves-must-learn-fear-one-who-fe_2176169.jpg) > [Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-josephson/our-expectation-of-the-gratitude-of-others-for-what-we-ve-done-for/) [Michael Josephson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-josephson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/michael-josephson-2363_appreciation_our-expectation-of-the-gratitude-of-othe_2453455.png) > [Every new generation in its hour of dawn, filled with the dreams of youth, its thirsts, intoxications and enthusiasms, thinks itself called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/every-new-generation-in-its-hour-of-dawn-filled-with-the-dreams-of/) [Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/ignacy-jan-paderewski-14483_beauty_every-new-generation-in-its-hour-of-dawn_184694.jpg) > [Character is distilled out of our daily confrontation with temptation, out of our regular response to the call of duty. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-greenberg/character-is-distilled-out-of-our-daily-confrontation-with-temptation/) [Sidney Greenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-greenberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/sidney-greenberg-51567_call-of-duty_character-is-distilled-out-of-our-daily_3210864.jpg) > [I hate Science. It denies a man's responsibility for his own deeds, abolishes the brotherhood that springs from God's fatherhood. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basil-bunting/i-hate-science-it-denies-a-man-s-responsibility-for-his-own-deeds/) [Basil Bunting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basil-bunting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e81/basil-bunting-27261_abolish_i-hate-science-it-denies-a-man-s-respons_2816677.jpg) > [“And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of man's deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/and-so-it-is-to-the-printing-press-to-the-recorder-of-man-s-deeds-the/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/john-f-kennedy-246_born_and-so-it-is-to-the-printing-press-to-th_1457650.jpg) ## Top authors on Deeds - [Lailah Gifty Akita 49 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gautama-buddha-37107.jpg) Gautama Buddha 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/gautama-buddha/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-theodore-roosevelt-90083.jpg) Theodore Roosevelt 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/theodore-roosevelt/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-eliot-37652.jpg) George Eliot 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/george-eliot/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sophocles-86296.jpg) Sophocles 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/sophocles/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-wadsworth-longfellow-41726.jpg) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/swami-vivekananda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deeds/#itemlist", "name": "Deeds Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others and the planet. Even a smile that brightens someone else's day is a good deed. I initiated Good Deeds Day to spread the message that everyone can give of themselves, according to their heart's desire.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shari Arison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shari-arison/good-deeds-day-is-based-on-a-simple-idea-that-every-person-can-do-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/shari-arison-13391_according_good-deeds-day-is-based-on-a-simple-idea_641271.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/shari-arison-13391_according_good-deeds-day-is-based-on-a-simple-idea_641271.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/shari-arison-13391_according_good-deeds-day-is-based-on-a-simple-idea_641271.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others and…” — Shari Arison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing. 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What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given them, is as a gift to God, whose chief concern is the welfare of his children. Every gentle deed to our neighbor, every kindness to the poor and suffering, is a gift to the Lord, before whom all mankind are equal. Every conformity to the Lord's plan of salvation-and this is of first importance-is a direct gift to God, for thereby we fit ourselves more nearly for our divinely planned destiny.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Andreas Widtsoe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-andreas-widtsoe/how-can-we-give-to-the-lord-what-shall-we-give-to-him-every-kind-word/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/john-andreas-widtsoe-22535_chiefs_how-can-we-give-to-the-lord-what-shall-w_1828578.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/john-andreas-widtsoe-22535_chiefs_how-can-we-give-to-the-lord-what-shall-w_1828578.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/john-andreas-widtsoe-22535_chiefs_how-can-we-give-to-the-lord-what-shall-w_1828578.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? 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