Deeds Quotes - page 2

Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. (Carlos Castaneda)
Say not 'a small event' Why 'small' Costs it more pain that this ye call A 'great event' should come to pass From that Untwine me from the mass Of deeds which make up life, one deed Power shall fall short in or exceed. View quote
Robert Browning
We shall march prospering,not thro' his presence Songs may inspirit us,not from his lyre Deeds will be done,while he boasts his quiescence, Still bidding crouch whom the rest bade aspire. View quote
Robert Browning
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows. View quote
Charles Reade
Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely, an unconsidered act of generosity would become the measure of a human life. View quote
Karen Armstrong
Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him. View quote
Philip James Bailey
For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though late, a sure reward succeeds. View quote
William Congreve
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. View quote
Rosa Parks
God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us. View quote
Anne Brontë
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Words that do not match deeds are unimportant. (Che Guevara)
There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance. View quote
Gilbert Parker
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. View quote
William Shakespeare
A man is great by deeds, not by birth. View quote
Chanakya
Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realisation. A vision based on the belief that by doing good deeds, positive thinking and affirmative choice of words, feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world. View quote
Shari Arison
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. View quote
Shari Arison
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings. View quote
Bodhidharma
I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times. View quote
Charlton Heston
When there is life and mankind, a person will live striving for good deeds, liberty and a bright life, and wish that goodness and justice will reign in the world. View quote
Islom Karimov
Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving. View quote
Lee H. Hamilton
I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds. (Max von Sydow)
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness. View quote
José Martí
Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored. View quote
Daniel Webster
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory. View quote
François Rabelais
O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence; live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge men's search To vaster issues. View quote
George Eliot
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