Quotes About Deeds

But are his needs any more shocking than the needs of other animals and men? Are his deeds more outrageous than the deeds of the parent who drained the spirit from his child? The vampire may foster quickened heartbeats and levitated hair. But is he worse than the parent who gave to society a neurotic child who became a politician?

People are not punished for their deeds, but by them~

Christianity is much more about living and doing than thinking.

Jesus himself says, "Do not believe those who say 'Lord, Lord' " (Matthew 7:21, Luke 6:46, italics added). He says it is those who "do it right" that matter, not those who "say it right." Yet verbal orthodoxy has been Christianity's preoccupation, at times even allowing us to burn people at the stake for not "saying it right.

We are only as noble as our actions prove us to be.

Where there are legends, there can be hope. Where there are legends, there can be dreams of knightly owls, from a kingdom called Ga'Hoole, who will rise each night into the blackness and perform noble deeds. Owls who speak no words but true ones. Owls whose only purpose is to right all wrongs, to make strong the weak, mend the broken, vanquish the proud, and make powerless those who abuse the frail. With hearts sublime, they

How is it possible to hate so deeply for deeds not yet done?

than the light, because their deeds were evil.

Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit.

Speeches pass away, but acts remain.

. . .It is the Law that while Evil, unopposed, may accomplish terrible deeds, the power of Good can never be overthrown when opposed to Evil. . .

What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.

Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.

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.

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are.

Whatever we do or say without prayer always ends up either sinful or harmful and convicts us through the deeds in some mysterious way.

We do pray for mercy and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.

Always look for ways to act upon the faith you display in your prayers.

Life is an opportunity to create meaning by our deeds, our actions and how we manage our way through the short part of infinity we're given to operate in. And once our life is finished, our atoms go back to forming other interesting configurations with those of other people, animals, plants and anything else that happens to be around, as we all roll along in one big, ever changing, universe.

It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.

Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well and yet words are not deeds.

Talkers are no good doers.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.