Deeds quotes
678 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed."
"Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to act with greater calmness than his tempestuous desires prior to the deed would lead one to expect."
"Trust is earned by many deeds, and lost by only one."
"Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you."
"We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds."
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"Every deed has a seed. In other words, the deeds you choose to do in this lifetime create a seed for future generations."
"Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury."
"Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!"
"God looks not at your form, nor at your deeds, but at your Heart."
"An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation."
"Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised."
"Words without deeds are worthless."
"On a certain day shall every soul come to plead for itself, and every soul shall be repaid according to its deeds; and they shall not be wronged."
"Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still."
"Just as the sand-dunes, heaped one upon another, hide each the first, so in life the former deeds are quickly hidden by those that follow after."
"You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires."
"A little water clears us of this deed."
"Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them."
"People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ."
"The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat."
"Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds."
"If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds."
"Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds."
"The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly."
"It is only our deeds that reveal who we are."
