Deeds Quotes

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Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed. — Stefan Zweig
True humility is expressed in deeds, not words. The humble are those who truly walk the same ground as everyone else - not necessarily with… — Julian Baggini
Process as process is neither morally good nor morally bad. We may judge results but not process. The morally bad agent may perform the deed… — Robert Penn Warren
And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds, even… — Winston Churchill
In Watermelon Sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life is done in watermelon sugar. — Richard Brautigan
Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we… — Harlan Ellison
That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit of that -… — Lorrie Moore
Steal a chicken if you get a chance, Huck, because if you don't want it, someone else does and a good deed ain't never forgotten. — Mark Twain
The Ogre does what ogres can, Deeds quite impossible for Man, But one prize is beyond his reach: The Ogre cannot master speech. About a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that… — Charles de Lint
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only honor… — Abraham Lincoln
Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory. — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Say: o brethren! Let deeds, not words, be your adorning. — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct. — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing… — Mahatma Gandhi
What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds? — Fyodor Dostoevsky
What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Éowyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance… — J.R.R. Tolkien
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may… — J.R.R. Tolkien
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds. — William Shakespeare
And so take away his work, which was his life [. . .] and all his glory and his great deeds? Make a child and… — C.S. Lewis
Alan," cried I, "what makes ye so good to me? What makes ye care for such a thankless fellow?" Deed, and I don't, know" said… — Robert Louis Stevenson
The pain comes from more than the facts of circumstance, or the deeds of others. It comes from within. From understanding what we lost. It… — John Jakes
Now, brethren, do not expect perfection in your choice of a mate. Do not be so particular that you overlook her most important qualities of… — Ezra Taft Benson

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