Great Deeds Quotes

50 quotes by 40 authors

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts. — Allan Bloom
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving… — Albert Camus
Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us… — Frederick William Faber
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. — Albert Camus
Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast… — Russell Conwell
We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness. — Theodore Roosevelt
Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished. — Jack Lovelock
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds. To live in faith that… — Christian D. Larson
Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.… — Colin Powell
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity. — Therese of Lisieux
Faith gives the courage to live and do. Scientists, with their disciplined thinking, like others, need a basis for the good life, for aspiration, for… — Arthur Compton
Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their… — Jean de la Bruyere
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen — Pindar
To sit and contemplate - to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to… — Virginia Woolf
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. — Herodotus
In great deeds something abides. — Joseph Chamberlain
Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my… — Therese of Lisieux
The idea - the core idea of humanism - is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to imitate them,.. — Stanley Fish
Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind. — George William Curtis
By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made — Homer

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