Christian Quote by Pope Gregory I

An evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it afterwards; a good deed is better done, for having done it,…

— Max Muller

One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.

— Thomas Aquinas

This is the course of every evil deed, that, propagating still it brings forth evil.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.

— Heloise

People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant to be…

— Susanne Bier

An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.

— Coretta Scott King

God values deeds according to their intentions. For it is said, "The Lord grant unto you according to your heart" (Ps. 19:5) ... Therefore,…

— Marcus Eremita

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

— Anonymous

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

— Claudius

In fact we say that an intention is good, that is, right in itself, but that an action does not bear any good in…

— Peter Abelard

Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.

— Brander Matthews

Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.

— Mark Twain