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Quotes About Deeds

Deeds done from bad motives remain everlastingly tainted.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Mind is the forerunner of all actions. All deeds are led by mind, created by mind. If one speaks or acts with a corrupt mind, suffering follows. If one speaks or acts with a serene mind, happiness follows.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.
~ Theodore Dalrymple
Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
We will receive the fruits of any act we have done, whether wholesome or unwholesome.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Let's judge a man on what he's done.
~ Barbara Bush
Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.
~ Thomas Carlyle
The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words, return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy. —Florence Scovel Shin
~ Karen Casey
Everyone has a secret life. Perhaps yours is merely a gossamer web of thoughts and fantasies woven in the hidden furrows of your mind. Or furtive deeds performed on the sly or betrayals large and small that, if revealed, would change how you are perceived. -Dracula in Love by Karen Essex
~ Karen Essex
One can do many external deeds of love and still hold back the really precious gift, the inner self. This gift can be given only through communication."3
~ Gary L. Thomas
One can do many external deeds of love and still hold back the really precious gift, the inner self. This gift can be given only through communication.
~ Gary L. Thomas
You work nearly all your life to retire, yet, when you finally do, you're so conditioned to work that you suffer from a lack of meaningful deeds to be accomplished. Joe silently shook his head and laid the cola on
~ Gary Williams
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
~ Gautama Buddha
31The "powerful elite" will become like kindling and their evil deeds like sparks—both will burn together and no one will be able to put out the fire.
~ Brian Simmons
God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
~ bronte anne ii
Our God is not moved by the deeds that we trophy, but by the desperation that we acknowledge as our own.
~ Bryan Chapell
Sacrifice is at the heart of repentance. Without deeds, your apology is worthless.
~ Bryan Davis
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, and what good will they do you if you do not act upon them
~ Buddha
On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
~ Buddha
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you, If you do not act upon them?
~ Buddha (563 - 483 B.C.)
For them who delay aging, who infuse decrepit bodies with youth and beauty - they must rejoice in the fullness of their deeds.
~ F. Sionil Jose
Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.
~ Joe Frazier
Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.
~ Elie Wiesel
I think actions speak louder than words. You can do all the hyping you want. It doesn't mean anything.
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger