Deeds Quotes

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.

Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.

A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds.

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

Honest people don't hide their deeds.

Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

The genius of America is that we are still a land of undiscovered shores, and we are at our best when we open our hearts and allow the night winds to bring renewed visions of great deeds.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.

No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice.

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

Man is remembered by his deeds.

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.

In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims.

I ask every Communist individually to set an example, by deeds and without pretense, a real example worthy of a man and a Communist, in restoring order, starting normal life, in resuming work and production, and in laying the foundations of an ordered life.