Deed Quotes

Word is a shadow of a deed. (Democritus)
No good deed goes unpunished. View quote
Clare Boothe Luce
To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave. View quote
Elvis Presley
A good deed never goes unpunished. View quote
Gore Vidal
Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed. View quote
A. E. Housman
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. View quote
T. S. Eliot
The deed is everything, the glory is naught. View quote
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The better day, the worse deed. View quote
Matthew Henry
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. View quote
William Shakespeare
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. View quote
Basil of Caesarea
A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. (Dante Alighieri)
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. View quote
George Eliot
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
For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow it is for him who has done a deed to suffer. View quote
Aeschylus
In Lifes small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained Knowst thou when Fate Thy measure takes or when shell say to thee, I find thee worthy do this deed for me. View quote
James Russell Lowell
As thou these ashes, little brook, wilt bear Into the Avon, Avon to the tide Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas, Into main ocean they, this deed accursed An emblem yields to friends and enemies How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed. View quote
William Wordsworth
Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Even a smile is a good deed. View quote
Shari Arison
I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed. View quote
Etty Hillesum
An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated. (Madalyn Murray O'Hair)
May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage. View quote
Yahya Jammeh
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything. View quote
Pythagoras
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed. View quote
Maimonides