Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
Abraham Cahan
Trust comes from deeds.
Adolfo Aguilar Zinser
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
Aeschylus
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.
Albert Camus
The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse.
Alexandra Adornetto
Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.
Alfred North Whitehead
Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.
Allan Bloom
Somehow, what's in our hearts, good or bad is eventually translated into words and deeds.
Andy Stanley
I don't know if there is redemption for people like Charlie Rose or Garrison Keillor. An apology helps, but what really matter are deeds.
Ann Wilson
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
Aristotle
I was always more of a Lydia Deeds than a Disney Princess, so anything offbeat like that, I would love to be a part of.
Ashleigh Murray
Self-reliance is not just words, but deeds.
Ashraf Ghani
Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds.
Athanasius
Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
Ben Harper
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin Franklin
The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.
Benjamin Netanyahu
I have never believed in keeping bouncers. Even as an actor, I walk alone without star tantrums. My work and good deeds for the country will be my shield.
Binnu Dhillon
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
Blaise Pascal
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
Bodhidharma
The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people.
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
I believe that my worth is not measured by what I do, by the honors that are bestowed upon me, or by material wealth that I might obtain. Instead, I am measured by the courage I show while standing for my beliefs, by the dedication I exhibit to ensure my word is good, and the resolve I undertake to establish my actions and deeds as honorable.
With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program.
It is impossible to anticipate all of the misdeeds engendered by the universal conflict of human passions. They multiply at a compound rate with the growth in population and the interlacing of particular interests that cannot be directed with geometrical precision towards the public utility.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
We object not to the narration of the deeds of our unregenerate condition, but to the mode in which it is too often done. Let sin have its monument, but let it be a heap of stones cast by the hands of execration - not a mausoleum erected by the hands of affection.
Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.
When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a president who has demonstrated through his demeanor and through his deeds that he is uniquely qualified to heal our divisions, rebuild our nation and lead us to a brighter future together.
Big words seldom accompany good deeds.
I have been doing good deeds since I was just a small child.
The passive acceptance of exclusionary words and deeds is not okay.
A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
I didn't put Priest down. He was just trying to get out. His deeds weren't noble ones, but he was making money, and he had intelligence. And he did survive. I mean, all this was reality.
Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds.
A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds.
I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.
What shall I say further? Shall I not stop short and leave to your imaginations to portray the tragic deeds of war? Is it not enough that I here leave it even to unexperience to fancy the hardships, the anxieties, the dangers, even of the best life of a soldier?
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served.
Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.
God's revelation has always been in deeds. God's interventions in history have always been in deeds, in actions. Then there are those who interpret the actions, and then there are those who write down the interpretations of the actions.
Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.
Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.
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.
