Quotes
Quotes about Deeds
Noble by birth, yet nobler by great deeds.
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how our failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
His deeds inimitable, like the Sea That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.
Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases.
The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness but weakness; and one instance of their hatred of weakness is hatred of self. All the passionate pursuits of the weak are in some degree a striving to escape, blur, or disguise an unwanted self. It is a striving shot through with malice, envy, self-deception, and a host of petty impulses; yet it often culminates in superb achievements.
You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also his desires.
The Raven's house is built with reeds,-- Sing woe, and alas is me! And the Raven's couch is spread with weeds, High on the hollow tree; And the Raven himself, telling his beads In penance for his past misdeeds, Upon the top I see.
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
If thou dost slander her and torture me, Never pray more; abandon all remorse; On horror's head horrors accumulate; Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed; For nothing canst thou to damnation add Greater than that.
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. 'T is mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.
O Carril, raise again thy voice! let me hear the song of Selma, which was sung in my halls of joy, when Fingal, king of shields, was there, and glowed at the deeds of his fathers.
Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.
Song forbids victorious deeds to die.
For there are deeds Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.
All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul. Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done!
Words lead to deeds.... They prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.
Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet.
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.
