Deeds Quote by Mason Cooley

I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.

— Ian Fleming

Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.

— Zell Miller

My definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words that have become deeds.

— Robert Frost

I am intrigued and even moved by the idea of being right with the reader in the actuality that she or he is reading…

— Matthew Zapruder

A poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Deeds are fruits, words are leaves

— English Proverb

Words are one thing, deeds are quite another.

— Ivan Bunin

A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers…

— George Edward Woodberry

All transitory titles I detest; a virtuous life I mean to boast alone. Our birth's our sires'; our virtues be our own.

— Michael Drayton

Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words.

— John Milton

“Words are not deeds.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Words are plentiful; deeds are precious.

— Lech Walesa