Quotes with deeds

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  • T. S. Eliot For every life and every act consequence of good and evil can be shown and as in time results of many deeds are blended so good and evil in the end become confounded.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Sir Thomas Malory For like as herbs and trees bringing forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds.
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  • Anne Brontë God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) ch. XXXIX
    Anne Brontë
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Herodotus Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
    Herodotus
    Greek historian (484 - 425)
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  • John Ruskin Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Midrash Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning
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  • William Shakespeare How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes deeds ill done!
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Malcolm X I am a Muslim and my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man by the color of his skin. It teaches me to judge him by his deeds .
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Burgess Owens I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Aeschylus If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Malcolm X In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • George Eliot In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • William Shakespeare It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Plutarch It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Frederick W. Faber Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.
    Frederick W. Faber
    English hymn writer and theologian (1814 - 1863)
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  • Ben Harper Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Matthew Arnold Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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