Quotes on Deeds

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.

Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth.

The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.

There are three kinds of violence: one, through our deeds; two, through our words; and three, through our thoughts. …The root of all violence is in the world of thoughts, and that is why training the mind is so important.

How is it possible for one’s heart to be certain that one is going to meet Allah, that Allah sees and hears all that he does, and knows his secret open affairs, and that he will be made to stand before Allah, answerable for all his deeds - how can one be certain and aware of all of this, and yet persist upon things which displease Allah; persist upon abandoning Allah’s orders, neglecting His rights, and yet claim that he has good expectation of Allah?

Are we ready to be Christians full-time, showing our commitment by word and deed?

My god_x000D_ how gentle you are with me_x000D_ in spite of my great ignorance_x000D_ and how merciful You are with me_x000D_ in spite of my ugly deeds

We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn — the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perennial, like the music of the spheres.

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury.

The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don't require an acetylene torch.

One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart.

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

A life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line,-by deeds, not years.

As thou these ashes, little brook, wilt bear _x000D_ Into the Avon, Avon to the tide _x000D_ Of Severn, Severn to the narrow seas, _x000D_ Into main ocean they, this deed accursed _x000D_ An emblem yields to friends and enemies _x000D_ How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified _x000D_ By truth, shall spread, throughout the world dispersed.

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.

Unless we can make the philosophic foundations of a free society once more a living intellectual issue, and its implementation a task which challenges the ingenuity and imagination of our liveliest minds, the prospects of freedom are indeed dark. But if we can regain that belief in power of ideas which was the mark of liberalism at its best, the battle is not lost.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

There is no sort of wrong deed of which a man can bear the punishment alone; you can't isolate yourself and say that the evil that is in you shall not spread. Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe; evil spreads as necessarily as disease.

I shall not die, but live; and again declare the evil deeds of the friars.