deeds Quotes
Daily selection of quotes about 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.”
- John Ruskin
“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 failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.”
- R. D. Laing
“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 Shinn
“In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.”
- Malcolm X
“The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.”
- Leo Tolstoy
“To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.”
- Sophocles
“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”
- Chanakya
“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”
- Lao Tzu
“Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.”
- Peter Marshall