Deeds Quotes
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
Sophocles
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Deeds are the pulse of Time, his beating life, And righteous or unrighteous, being done, Must throb in after-throbs till Time itself Be laid in stillness, and the universe Quiver and breathe upon no mirror more.
George Eliot
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Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.
Thomas Aquinas
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If one good deed in all my life I did, I do repent it from my very soul.
William Shakespeare
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People do evil things because they are evil. Some people are evil in the way that some things are coloured indigo. They commit their evil deeds not to achieve some goal, but just because of the sort of people they are.
Terry Eagleton
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Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Deeds and seeds, take their own time to fructify.
Mahatma Gandhi
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
Philip James Bailey
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I did not know that I would grow to be my mothers evil seed and do these evil deeds.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil'
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The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
William Shakespeare
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In great deeds something abides.
Joseph Chamberlain
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A little water clears us of this deed.
William Shakespeare
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Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
Ebenezer Elliott
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Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
Blaise Pascal
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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.
John Locke Nazareth
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Yet seldom do they fail of their seed, And that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of Men will outlast us.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage - in every thought and deed.
Russell M. Nelson
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Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others and the planet. Even a smile that brightens someone else's day is a good deed. I initiated Good Deeds Day to spread the message that everyone can give of themselves, according to their heart's desire.
Shari Arison
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And so take away his work, which was his life [. . .] and all his glory and his great deeds? Make a child and a dotard of him? Keep him to myself at that cost? Make him so mine that he was no longer his?
C. S. Lewis
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Content is not the pathway to great deeds.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats.
Michael Mullen
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Deeds may speak more compellingly than words,but I believe words have their place too. A man who has both is gifted indeed.
Elizabeth Chadwick
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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.
Albert Camus
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
Philip James Bailey