Deeds Quote by Karen Armstrong

Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions.

— Madame de Stael

Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

— George Eliot

...nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of kindness.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“The sense of fulfillment is often hidden in acts of kindness”

— Todd Stocker

“What we traditionally call ‘selfish tendencies’ is only a narrow interpretation of what self-serving behaviour entails, wherein human characteristics are perceived through the flawed…

— Athene's Theory of Everything

The desire of gratitude for helping others, taints the entire act with selfishness.

— T Jay Taylor

“You don't do kind deeds expecting kindness in return. You don't do kind deeds because you deem the recipient worthy. You do kind deeds…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.

— B. C. Forbes

The impulse to perform a worthy action often springs from our best nature, but is afterwards tainted by the spur of selfishness or sinister…

— Emile Souvestre

Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.

— Anonymous

“Even a thousand acts of kindness can be undone by a single unintentional harm, revealing the fragility of trust in human relationships, and the…

— Renuka Goria

“Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.”

— J. W. Lord