Deeds Quotes

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The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. — Baron de Montesquieu
Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that. — John F. Kennedy
It is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change. — William Shakespeare
All that we do is done with an eye to something else. — Aristotle
I learned little save that most of the deeds, good and bad both, incurring opprobrium or plaudits or reward either, within the scope of man's… — William Faulkner
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne. — Edmund Spenser
Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great… — Philip James Bailey
The great cry that rises from all our manufacturing cities, louder than the furnace blast, is all in very deed for this -- that we… — John Ruskin
Discipleship is rooted in a deep belief in the universal reign of God through Christ. To be a disciple is to acknowledge that reign and… — Michael Frost
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And… — George Eliot
And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds. — Homer
A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds And when the weeds begin to grow It's like a… — John Fletcher
The way to Christ is first through humility, second through humility, and third through humility. If humility does not precede and accompany and follow every… — Saint Augustine
When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed. — Nouman Ali Khan
He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another. — Seneca the Younger
The profit on a good action is to have done it. — Seneca the Younger
There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms. — Seneca the Younger
Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us. — Philibert Joseph Roux
Man is, perhaps, no more prone to war than he used to be and no more inclined to commit other evil deeds. But a given… — Joseph Wood Krutch
To do something is in every man's power. — Samuel Johnson
To treat of human actions is to deal wholly with second causes. — Herman Melville
You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do. — Dorothy Parker
Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden. — Blaise Pascal
Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in thee. — Blaise Pascal
Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable. — Blaise Pascal

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