Deeds Quotes

In great deeds something abides.

Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

When there is life and mankind, a person will live striving for good deeds, liberty and a bright life, and wish that goodness and justice will reign in the world.

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.

Let deeds match words.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.

It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again.

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.

Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us with a relentlessness past the power of figure to express.

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.