Deeds Quotes

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While every noble morality develops from a triumphant affirmation of itself, slave morality from the outset says No to what is "outside," what is "different,"… — Friedrich Nietzsche
So long as men shall be on earth, there will be tasks for them to do. Some way for them to show their worth. Each… — Edgar Guest
I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God. — Bill Vaughan
Had but my deeds been like my words, ah, then I had been numbered too with holy men. — Bill Vaughan
Spirit, Patience, Gentleness, All that can adorn and bless Art thou let deeds, not words, express Thine exceeding loveliness. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Words are but holy as the deeds they cover. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
God blesses still the generous thought,And still the fitting word He speeds,And Truth, at His requiring taught,He quickens into deeds. — John Greenleaf Whittier
We speak with pride and admiration of that little band of Americans who overcame insuperable odds to set this nation on course 200 years ago.… — Ronald Reagan
I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most ooundless… — Matthew Simpson
My sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love, And though the sager sort our deeds reprove, Let us not weigh them. Heaven's great lamps do… — Thomas Campion
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. — Benjamin Franklin
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. — Mahatma Gandhi
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make… — Mahatma Gandhi
Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public… — John Garamendi
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The deed is everything, the glory is naught. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. — Vincent Van Gogh
It is what the poets of Ireland used to be saying, that every brave man, good at fighting, and every man that could do great… — Lady Gregory
A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words. — Confucius
The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds. — Mason Cooley
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds. — Democritus
One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart. — John Dewey
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. — Amelia Earhart
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. — George Eliot
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. — George Eliot

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