Deeds Quote by Democritus Download Open image “Word is a shadow of a deed.” — Democritus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deeds Language Shadow
A word that has been said may be unsaid-it is but air. But when a deed is done, it cannot be undone, nor can… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
As shadows attend substances, so words follow upon things. — Richard Chenevix Trench Copy Share Image
Words are mere shadows cast by ideas. But the ideas they represent are real. — Roy H. Williams Copy Share Image
...for human words are like shadows, and shadows are incapable of explaining light and between shadow and light there is the opaque body from… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Just what is meant by 'your word?' It means your conscious intention, your conscious direction, your conscious faith and acceptance that, because of what… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth. — Democritus Copy Share Image
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness. — Democritus Copy Share Image
People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse… — Democritus Copy Share Image
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. — Democritus Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed. — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Time often serves to justify a deed which seems at first unjustifiable. — Donald P. Ryan Copy Share Image
Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Mechanical instruments, potentially a vehicle of rational human purposes, are scarcely a blessing when they enable the gossip of the village idiot and the… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
Tis e'er the wont of simple folk to prize the deed and o'erlook the motive, and of learned folk to discount the deed and… — John Barth Copy Share Image
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A nation of character is filled with citizens who gradually build lives based on the living awareness that their deeds are judged by eyes… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
