--- title: "4 Doing good Quotes By Gautama Buddha" description: "4 Doing good quotes by Gautama Buddha. Plus more from Gautama Buddha and more Doing good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_doing_even-if-everyone-elseis-not-doing-good-i_60080.jpg" --- > [Even if everyone elseIs not doing good,I alone will.Even if everyone elseis doing wrong,I alone will not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/even-if-everyone-elseis-not-doing-good-i-alone-will-even-if-everyone/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_doing_even-if-everyone-elseis-not-doing-good-i_60080.jpg) > [Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. One like this will be praised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/being-generous-and-kindly-in-speech-doing-a-good-turn-for-others-and/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/090/gautama-buddha-163_being-generous_being-generous-and-kindly-in-speech-doin_787648.jpg) > [Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/keeping-away-for-all-evil-deeds-cultivation-of-life-by-doing-good/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/gautama-buddha-163_cultivation_keeping-away-for-all-evil-deeds-cultivat_1850161.jpg) > [Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/be-quick-to-do-good-if-you-are-slow-the-mind-delighting-in-mischief-2/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/gautama-buddha-163_again-and-again_be-quick-to-do-good-if-you-are-slow-the_3184457.jpg) ## Other authors on Doing good - [Benjamin Franklin 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/benjamin-franklin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shari-arison-84514.jpg) Shari Arison 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/shari-arison/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-weinberg-87561.jpg) Steven Weinberg 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/steven-weinberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Dada Bhagwan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/dada-bhagwan/) ## More by Gautama Buddha > [Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/before-you-ve-seen-it-and-when-you-first-see-it-it-is-the-greatest/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-of-his-students-asked-buddha-are-you-the-messiah-no-answered/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/give-thanks-for-what-had-been-given-to-you-however-little-be-pure/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/for-fear-of-causing-terror-to-living-beings-mahamati-let-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/be-lamps-unto-yourselves-be-refuges-unto-yourselves-take-yourself-no/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/speak-only-the-speech-that-neither-torments-self-nor-does-harm-to/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Pain is the outcome of sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/pain-is-the-outcome-of-sin/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/it-is-because-i-perceive-the-danger-in-the-practice-of-mystic-wonders/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/so-too-monks-i-saw-the-ancient-path-the-ancient-road-traveled-by-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-one-is-the-master-of-oneself-one-is-the-resort-one-can-depend-on/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/watch-the-thought-and-its-ways-with-care-and-let-it-spring-from-love/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-is-not-low-because-of-birth-nor-does-birth-make-one-holy-deeds/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/he-who-causes-suffering-shall-suffer-there-is-no-escape/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/if-a-person-does-not-harm-any-living-being-and-does-not-kill-or-cause/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-fool-says-these-are-my-sons-this-is-my-land-this-is-my-money-in/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doing-good/gautama-buddha/#itemlist", "name": "4 Doing good Quotes By Gautama Buddha", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Even if everyone elseIs not doing good,I alone will.Even if everyone elseis doing wrong,I alone will not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gautama Buddha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/even-if-everyone-elseis-not-doing-good-i-alone-will-even-if-everyone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_doing_even-if-everyone-elseis-not-doing-good-i_60080.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_doing_even-if-everyone-elseis-not-doing-good-i_60080.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/gautama-buddha-163_doing_even-if-everyone-elseis-not-doing-good-i_60080.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Even if everyone elseIs not doing good,I alone will.Even if everyone elseis doing wrong,I alone will not.” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Being generous and kindly in speech, doing a good turn for others, and treating all alike. 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