Quotes About Deeds

Sincerity causes the smallest of good deeds to become the largest.

A sign that your good deed has been accepted is that you do more good deeds after it.

Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.

Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

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

In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.

Do not be satisfied with the speech of your lips and the thought in your heart, all the promises and good sayings in your mouth, and all the good thoughts in your heart; rather you must arise and do!

What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Works make not the heart good, but a good heart makes the works good.

Big words seldom accompany good deeds.

And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to do another and harder and better one.

Sin corrupts even our good deeds. We injure our shoulder trying to pat ourselves on the back.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.

Good words," I replied. "But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

Good deeds are no less good because their object is unworthy.

To begin with, I had never done any good deeds; besides, even if I had simply fabricated a few, I would not have enjoyed going on about them.

All that you do will come back to you. Good and bad.

Blessed are they who translate every good thing they know into action - even higher truths shall be revealed to them.

Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.