Deeds Quotes - Page 6

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

Kind words and good deeds are eternal. You never know where their influence will end.

Most of us will be remembered, in work and in life, for just a few words or deeds that made a difference to others. The way we choose to say good-bye is likely to be one of the ways we are remembered.

It is a deed of greater charity to give a bit of bread to the poor in the time of high prices and famine, than a whole loaf in the time of fertility and abundance.

Macbeth's deed is done in horror, and without the faintest desire or sense of glory- done, one may almost say, as if it were an appalling duty; the instant it is finished, its futility is revealed to Macbeth as clearly as its vileness had been revealed beforehand

... it is better to study how to live rather than how to die; ... it is better to have a religion of deeds rather than a religion of creeds; ... it is better to work for humanity than for God.

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.

When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.

My breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50...I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

Words are plentiful; deeds are precious.

it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.

Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs.

...a disposition is an unsatisfactory thing unless we give it practical effect - deeds show dispositions.

He who is punished is never he who performed the deed. He is always the scapegoat.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

No work nor deed of ours whatsoever, no not faith itself, can be the condition of the covenant of grace properly so called; but only Christ's fulfilling all righteousness.

This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.

I have learned that it is by serving that we learn how to serve. When we engaged in the service of our fellowmen, not only do our deeds assist them but we put our own problems in fresher perspective. When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

Love is indicated by deeds (and not by words)

Words are feminine; deeds are masculine.

Take account of your deeds before they are taken account of.

Words would be superfluous if we had deeds to show for Them.