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Deeds Quotes - Page 16

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds, it is stored up for the guidance of the future.

William Kingdon Clifford, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Pollock (2011). “Lectures and Essays”, p.181, Cambridge University Press

How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed!

1855 Leaves of Grass, 'Broad-Axe Song', later 'Song of the Broad- Axe' (from 1867).

Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds.

Stephen Vincent Benet (2016). “A Child Is Born - A Modern Drama of the Nativity”, p.4, Read Books Ltd

And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.

Sophocles (2013). “The Tragedies (Annotated Edition)”, p.156, Jazzybee Verlag

Deeds are males, words females are.

"Scene of Folly", p. 147, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 184-87, 1922.

Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos.

Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson (2009). “Leviathan”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

A good deed is the best prayer.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4651, Library of Alexandria

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

Robert Browning, Robert Morse Lovett (2009). “Selections from Robert Browning”, p.89, Wildside Press LLC

He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.

Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). “The comedies of Plautus literally tr., with notes, by H.T. Riley”, p.427