Deeds Quotes

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This inability to think created the possibility for many ordinary men to commit evil deeds on a gigantic scale, the like of which had never… — Hannah Arendt
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen — Pindar
Unsung, the noblest deed will die. — Pindar
It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue or vice,… — Plutarch
And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of mans deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news-- that we… — John F. Kennedy
Words are one thing, deeds are quite another. — Ivan Bunin
During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on… — Malcolm X
What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed He then that ever speaks through thee,… — Thomas Carlyle
Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending, both before they have heard it and when once they… — Heraclitus
No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base… — Protagoras
Man and woman and speech and deed and city and object should be honored with praise if praiseworthy and incur blame if unworthy, for it… — Gorgias
His words even imply that philanthropy has deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emotions of compassion and mercy are traced to Him; there… — Fulton J. Sheen
Ironically, as some people become harder, they use softer words to describe dark deeds. This, too, is part of being sedated by secularism. Needless abortion,… — Neal A. Maxwell
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris — Thucydides
The only measure of your worth and your deeds will be the love you leave behind when you're gone. — Fred Small
Won't You guide me through the dark night of the soul That I may better understand Your way... Let me purify my thoughts and words… — Van Morrison
Brave deeds are wasted when hidden. — Blaise Pascal
We plan, we toil, we suffer - in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire… — J. B. Priestley
To sit and contemplate - to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to… — Virginia Woolf
When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed. — Isaiah Berlin

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