Deeds famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak -
If i were to backbite against anyone, it would be about my parents for they have more right to my good deeds
-- Abdullah ibn Mubarak -
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
-- Abraham Joshua Heschel -
Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
-- Abu Bakr -
Avoid jealously for this destroys good deeds as fire destroys wood.
-- Abu Hurairah -
Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt their own actions.
-- Aeschines -
The appalling and shameful scene ("spectacle", Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer be seen, once these will possess an enlighten consciouness.
-- African Spir -
Silence is full of the unspoken, of deeds undone, of confessions to secret love, and of wonders not expressed. Our truth is hidden in our silence, Yours and I.
-- Ahmad Shamloo -
My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence... Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions? Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.
-- Akkineni Nagarjuna -
The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad.
-- Al-Tabarani -
My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out!
-- Alan Rufus -
I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.
-- Albert Camus -
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.
-- Albert Camus -
Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.
-- Albert Einstein -
I have learned to prize the quiet, lightning deed, not the applauding thunder at its heels that men call fame.
-- Alexander Smith -
God's own hand Holds fast all issues of our deeds: with him The end of all our ends is, but with us Our ends are, just or unjust: though our works Find righteous or unrighteous judgment, this At least is ours, to make them righteous.
-- Algernon Charles Swinburne -
The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.
-- Ali ibn Abi Talib -
Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.
-- Allan Bloom -
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
-- Amelia Earhart -
The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.
-- Amos Bronson Alcott -
If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.
-- Anatole France -
We must all live so that our children do not have to pay for our deeds.
-- Andrejs Upits -
I have always been the dunce, the never-do-well of the family, I've always have to pay double for my deeds, first with the scolding and then again because of the way my feelings are hurt.
-- Anne Frank -
Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.
-- Antoine Rivarol -
A person speaks more about his character through his shared images or uploaded profile picture than with his words or deeds, but only a leader who is always true to himself correctly reads them.
-- Anuj -
We believe only in deeds and acts and not in declarations. We are fed up with all those declarations, promises ..
-- Ariel Sharon -
In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not enough to know about Virtue, then, but we must endeavor to possess it, and to use it, or to take any other steps that may make.
-- Aristotle -
Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.
-- Arthur Erickson -
It is necessary that... we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds...
-- Arthur Lismer -
The only measure of what you believe is what you do.
-- Ashley Montagu -
Men pass away, but their deeds abide. [His last words.]
-- Augustin-Louis Cauchy -
It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.
-- Baltasar Gracian -
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
-- Baron de Montesquieu -
And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
-- Bayard Taylor -
He should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.
-- Benedict of Nursia -
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
-- Benjamin Franklin -
Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we've resisted, Our places are assigned.
-- Benjamin Whichcote -
He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
-- Bernard of Clairvaux -
Life and hope for the world are to be found only in the deeds of love.
-- Bertrand Russell -
A wife and a husband should be regarded as friends for the sake of Allaah. And that friendship is above material needs; each encouraging the other one to do good deeds, which are pleasing to Allaah.
-- Bilal Philips -
For a deed to be totally pure, it must be done without any thought of reward, whether worldly or divine.
-- Bill Vaughan -
Do little things as if they were great, because of the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ who dwells in thee.
-- Blaise Pascal -
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
-- Bodhidharma -
Friend is a very small word, A little sound we make, For one who is true, one who will do, Great deeds for friendship's sake.
-- Brian Jacques -
Now that I have seen I am responsible, faith without deeds is dead.
-- Brooke Fraser -
if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.
-- C. S. Lewis -
And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to do another and harder and better one.
-- C. S. Lewis -
We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, by thought, word and deed.
-- Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall -
I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that’s the whole point in the end, all of us putting up with good deeds, tolerating them as best we can, counting the minutes until we have the opportunity to reciprocate.
-- Catherine Gilbert Murdock -
Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
-- Charles Alexander Eastman -
God never asked us to meet life's pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.
-- Charles R. Swindoll -
Words that do not match deeds are not important.
-- Che Guevara -
Honour is purchas'd by the deeds we do.
-- Christopher Marlowe -
And now the matchless deed's achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done.
-- Christopher Smart -
[In politics] no good deed goes unpunished
-- Clare Boothe Luce -
A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
-- Confucius -
An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
-- Coretta Scott King -
our deeds have even less substance than we ourselves.
-- Craig L. Rice -
In a society where dirt sells, for every good story told as it is, you will hear the whole of that day's 10 bad stories sensationalized; although in reality, it could be that 100 good deeds happened that day which went unsung.
-- Criss Jami -
Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.
-- Czeslaw Milosz -
Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date.
-- Czeslaw Milosz -
Sin corrupts even our good deeds. We injure our shoulder trying to pat ourselves on the back.
-- D. A. Carson -
Traditional history appears to be the defacto recognition of every evil deed that failed to be stopped or eliminated.
-- Dagobert D. Runes -
If I had done this, if I had said that, in the end you are always more tormented by what you didn't do than what you did, actions already performed can always be rationalized in time, the neglected deed might have changed the world.
-- Damon Galgut -
Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds.
-- Daniel D. Palmer -
Time itself is created through deeds of true kindness.
-- Dara Horn -
If for every well-intended prayer uttered in hopes of making the world a better place, there was instead a good deed accomplished, the world might look as though those prayers had been answered.
-- David G. McAfee -
Remember that sign they hung up in an EPA office during the Reagan administration, "No good deed goes unpunished"? Under George Bush, no good science goes unpunished.
-- David Helvarg -
True happiness comes only by making others happy—the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it. In short, the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit, that makes our hearts glow in brotherly love and friendship and prompts us to kind deeds of service.
-- David O. McKay -
Man is responsible not only for every deed, but also for every idle word and thought.
-- David O. McKay -
Do you fear death? Do you fear that dark abyss? All your deeds laid bare. All your sins punished. I can offer you...an escape.
-- Davy Jones -
Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being.
-- Debbie Macomber -
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
-- Decimius Magnus Ausonius -
Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.
-- Dejan Stojanovic -
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
-- Democritus -
If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.
-- Democritus -
You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also his desires.
-- Democritus -
Champions never brag, never shout, never have to go to extremes to build themselves up for others or put others down. They let their actions, deeds, and results speak for them.
-- Denis Waitley -
I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.
-- Desmond Tutu -
It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served.
-- Diane Watson -
We are not saved by good deeds; we are saved for good deeds. Jesus transforms us to transform others.
-- Dillon Burroughs -
Don't settle for helping those who will help you in return or doing a good deed for others to see. Help others without expecting anything back. Even if nobody else cares, God will notice.
-- Dillon Burroughs -
Our deeds will not cause God to love us more; our sins will not cause God to love us less.
-- Dillon Burroughs -
Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs.
-- Don McLean -
Time often serves to justify a deed which seems at first unjustifiable.
-- Donald P. Ryan -
A person is no more & no less than the Story of his Passions & Deeds.
-- Doug Dorst -
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
-- Douglas Horton -
The only thing you believe in is the thing you believe in enough to practice. Your creed is your deed.
-- E. Stanley Jones -
Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
-- Ebenezer Elliott -
It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.
-- Edgar Cayce -
You ought to be true for the sake of the folks who think you are true. You never should stoop to a deed that your folks think you would not do. If you are false to yourself, be the blemish but small, you have injured your folks; you have been false to them all.
-- Edgar Guest -
One deed of kindness noticed is worth forty that are told.
-- Edgar Guest
