Deeds Quotes

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How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. — William Shakespeare
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. — William Shakespeare
The attempt and not the deed confounds us. — William Shakespeare
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done! — William Shakespeare
Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded. — Fulton J. Sheen
The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. — Florence Scovel Shinn
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. — Dodie Smith
Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us… — George A. Smith
There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the… — Thomas Sowell
While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every… — Mattie Stepanek
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims… — Max von Sydow
What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. — Henry David Thoreau
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. — Henry David Thoreau
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for… — Leo Tolstoy
Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. — Harry S. Truman
A good deed never goes unpunished. — Gore Vidal
Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven. — Ellen G. White
Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice. — Alfred North Whitehead
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and… — Elie Wiesel
Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds. — Elie Wiesel
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a… — James Woods
A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and… — George Edward Woodberry
The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. — William Butler Yeats

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