Deed Quotes

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And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are. All we can say is… — Philip Pullman
And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good… — C.S. Lewis
Good men and bad men alike are capable of weakness. The difference is simply that a bad man will be proud all his life of… — Vasily Grossman
To save a man and thereby to spare a father's agony and a mother's feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but… — Alexandre Dumas
What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptuneâ€™s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No; this my… — William Shakespeare
Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a… — Henryk Sienkiewicz
It is a mistake to talk about the artist looking for his subject. In fact, the subject grows within him like a fruit and begins… — Andrei Tarkovsky
You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the… — Victor Hugo
Another last-minute, good-deed job,â€ Royce grumbled as he stuffed supplies into his saddlebag. â€œTrue,â€ Hadrian said, slinging his sword belt over his shoulder, â€œbut this… — Michael J. Sullivan
You didnâ€™t really hold back on Braga so Pickering could kill him, did you?â€ Royce asked after the two were left alone in the hallway.… — Michael J. Sullivan
All he knew was that you couldn't hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be… — Terry Pratchett
I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Stormâ€™s End. No one shall… — George R. R. Martin
When you break the heart of the philosopher, you must apply great force and cunning strategy, but when the deed is completed, the heart lies… — Charles Baxter
Due to attachment, anger, and foolishness, I have committed numberless mistakes in speech, deed and thought. I bow my head and repent. I vow from… — Nhat Hanh
For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart… — J.R.R. Tolkien
It is not true that fate slips silently into our lives. It steps in through the door that we have opened, and we invite it… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
The realities of the world affected me as visions, and as visions only, while the wild ideas of the land of dreams became, in turn,â€”not… — Edgar Allan Poe
To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave. — Elvis Presley
In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained; Know'st thou when Fate Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to… — James Russell Lowell
The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy. — Unknown Author

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