Deed Quotes
570 quotes by 417 authors
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An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
— Coretta Scott King
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You cannot conquer Ireland. You cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children…
— Patrick Pearse
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Though not a remarkably precocious child in other respects, she seemed to have very clear and correct views on almost every subject connected with her…
— Martha Finley
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Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats…
— Aristotle
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Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a gift and therefore an echo…
— Miroslav Volf
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The fiend with all his comrades Fell then from heaven above, Through as long as three nights and days, The angels form heaven into hell;…
— Caedmon
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One good deed dying tongueless Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. Our praises are our wages.
— William Shakespeare
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If no one remembers a misdeed or names it publically, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim is not a victim and its perpetrator…
— Miroslav Volf
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Renew your intention EVERY day, EVERY time you pray, and EVERY time you are about to do a good deed or else shaytan will lead…
— Omar Suleiman
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So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in governments,…
— Lucy Parsons
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We shall not weary, we shall not rest, as we stand guard at the entrance gates and the exit gates of life, and at every…
— Richard John Neuhaus
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'With God all things are possible' (Mk. 10:27). With God the thought itself is deed. He speaks and it is. Short and clear. And all…
— John of Kronstadt
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... only the good deed done for Christ's sake brings us the fruits of the Holy Spirit. All that is not done for Christ's sake,…
— Seraphim of Sarov
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There is no work better than to please God; to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a cobbler, or an apostle, all are one;…
— William Tyndale
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When we love somebody, we show it by doing something nice. So learn to serve: find a need and fulfill a need. Surprise people with…
— Russell M. Nelson
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One mighty deed can change the course of things; a lonely thought becomes omnipotent.
— Sri Aurobindo
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God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the bare…
— Richard Baxter
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Do no evilness because it is a small one; do not leave a small deed undone because it is just a petty one.
— Liu Bei
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Be vigilant! Be vigilant! If an evil is minor, resist it nonetheless. If a good deed is trifling, perform it all the same. Only wisdom…
— Liu Bei
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If people become accustomed to lying, they will unconsciously commit every possible wrong deed. Before they can act wickedly, they must lie and once they…
— Gautama Buddha
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