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Deeds Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue.
- We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for…
- In the order of nature, we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom. But the benefit we receive must…
- Let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in bed and board; but let truth and love and honor and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.
- A lady with whom I was riding in the forest said to me that the woods always seemed to her to wait, as if the…
- Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
- An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
- Human character evermore publishes itself. The most fugitive deed and word, the intimated purpose, express character.
More Deeds Quotes
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered… — Teresa of Avila
- We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most… — Philip James Bailey
- It's always seemed odd to me that after a group of terrorists commits a vile and odious deed they rush messages to… — Russell Baker
- Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed. — Abu Bakr
- A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy… — Saint Basil
- But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is… — Theodore Bikel
- If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will… — Aeschylus
- Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts. — Allan Bloom
- Honest people don't hide their deeds. — Emily Bronte
- Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he… — Phillips Brooks