Deeds Quotes
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The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet it is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: Small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.
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It is the property of a great and good mind to covet, not the fruit of good deeds, but good deeds themselves, and to seek for a good man even after having met with bad men.
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Let your deeds be your bond, not your promises and cajolery.
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Justice is a constant uprightness in words and in deeds.
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God spreads the heavens above us like great wings, And gives a little round of deeds and days.
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It's better to have this new deal rather than not to have it. But we do not trust any words or any papers. We are to trust only actions and deeds.
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The colours of her heart represented the deeds she'd done, both good and bad, but the faint smell of treacle told her that, overall, she had a sweet heart.
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A deed happens in a definite place at a definite time, but if it be sufficiently great and pregnant, its virtue radiates everywhere in time and space.
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He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.
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Good deeds, create good will, which opens the heart to the good news.
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For, owners of their deeds (karma) are the beings, heirs of their deeds; their deeds are the womb from which they sprang; with their deeds they are bound up; their deeds are their refuge. Whatever deeds they do-good or evil-of such they will be the heirs. And wherever the beings spring into existence, there their deeds will ripen; and wherever their deeds ripen, there they will earn the fruits of those deeds, be it in this life, or be it in the next life, or be it in any other future life.
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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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Self-reliance is not just words, but deeds.
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And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.
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The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.
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If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
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Love hunger and thirst for the sake of Christ. Insofar as you pacify your body, so much much will you do make your soul virtuous. God, who rewards thoughts, words, and deeds, will give good in return for even a small thing which you gladly suffer for His sake.
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In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.
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A trial cannot be conducted by announcing the general culpability of a civilization. Only the actual deeds which, at least, stank in the nostrils of the entire world were brought to judgment.
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I guess if I had to pick a spiritual figurehead to possess the deed to the entirety of Earth, I'd go with Buddha, but only because he wouldn't want it.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.
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I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.
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Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.
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Many of her thoughts were perfect syllogisms; unluckily they always remained thoughts. Only a few were irrational assumptions; but, unfortunately, they were the ones which most frequently grew into deeds.
