Deeds Quotes - Page 14

• And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night.
  [Ger., Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne
  Rings um uns her unzahlig aus der Nacht.]

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Stars, Night, Rings

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• Let deeds correspond with words.
  [Lat., Dictis facta suppetant.]

  Plautus

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• He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary.

  Plautus

  Friends, Dubious, Aids

  Titus Maccius Plautus (1852). “The comedies of Plautus literally tr., with notes, by H.T. Riley”, p.427

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• The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Eye, Titles, Territory

  Amos Bronson Alcott (1868). “Tablets”, p.13

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• The result justifies the deed.

  Ovid

  Results, Justify

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• Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.

  William Feather

  Success, Resolve, New Years Toast

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• Some men make gain a fountain, whence proceeds
  A stream of liberal and heroic deeds;
  The swell of pity, not to be confined
  Within the scanty limits of the mind.

  William Cowper

  Men, Heroic Deeds, Mind

  William Cowper (1845). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper”, p.98

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• Only add
  Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add faith,
  Add virtue, patience, temperance, add love,
  By name to come call'd charity, the soul
  Of all the rest; then wilt thou not be loath
  To leave this Paradise, but shall possess
  A Paradise within thee, happier far.

  John Milton

  Names, Soul, Add

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 12, l. 581

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• Love is proved by deeds; the more they cost us, the greater the proof of our love.

  Mother Teresa

  Love Is, Cost, Our Love

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• A trial cannot be conducted by announcing the general culpability of a civilization. Only the actual deeds which, at least, stank in the nostrils of the entire world were brought to judgment.

  Albert Camus

  Civilization, Trials, World

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.181, Vintage

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• History is a great cemetery: men, deeds, ideas are always dying as soon as they are born.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Men, Ideas, History

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• Strange thoughts beget strange deeds.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Strange, Begets

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1853). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete in One Volume”, p.294

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• The World's a Printing-House, our words, our thoughts,
  Our deeds, are characters of several sizes.
  Each soul is a Compos'tor, of whose faults
  The Levites are Correctors; Heaven Revises.
  Death is the common Press, from whence being driven,
  We're gather'd, Sheet by Sheet, and bound for Heaven.

  Francis Quarles

  Character, House, Heaven

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• You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.

  Homer

  Song, War, Men

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• Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.

  Socrates

  Affection

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• The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds
  Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart
  Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be.
  Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them,
  Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven.
  All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.

  Philip James Bailey

  Peace, Pain, Kindness

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• There must be a way for man to attain all possible pleasures, all the powers and knowledge that nature can grant him, and still serve God--a God who speaks in deeds, not in words, and whose vocabulary is the Cosmos.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Men, Vocabulary, Cosmos

  Isaac Bashevis Singer, Joseph C. Landis (1986). “Aspects of I.B. Singer”

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• If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our deeds none at all.

  Hannah More

  Our Words, Crime, Commit

  Hannah More (1862). “The Life of Hannah More: With Selections from Her Correspondence”, p.65

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• Civilization, let me tell you what it is. First the soldier, then the merchant, then the priest, then the lawyer. The merchant hires the soldier and priest to conquer the country for him. First the soldier, he is a murderer; then the priest, he is a liar; then the merchant, he is a thief; and they all bring in the lawyer to make their laws and defend their deeds, and there you have your civilization!

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Country, Liars, Law

  Katherine Anne Porter (2015). “Ship of Fools: A Novel”, p.126, Open Road Media

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• And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds,
  Is one with Prayer.

  Bayard Taylor

  Prayer, Virtuous

  Bayard Taylor (1856). “Poems”

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• Soldiers in arms! Defenders of our soil!
  Who from destruction save us; who from spoil
  Protect the sons of peace, who traffic or who toil;
  Would I could duly praise you, that each deed
  Your foe's might honor, and your friends might read.

  George Crabbe

  Son, Soldier, Honor

  George Crabbe, “The Borough. Letter Vi: Professions--Law”

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• Great books are written for Christianity much oftener than great deeds are done for it. City libraries tell us of the reign of Jesus Christ but city streets tell us of the reign of Satan.

  Horace Mann

  Jesus, Book, Cities

  Horace Mann (1867). “Thoughts”, p.192

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• We are His children in Very deed, having been born of Him in the spirit, and we have inherited the very attributes which he possesses. They are in us, and they make us God's embryo, We believe that as we are now God once was, and by the practice of virtue and righteousness, by obedience unto law and authority, He has become what He is, and as He is, man may become, on the same principle.

  George F. Richards

  Children, Believe, Men

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• Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way." If this goes on day after day after day, year after year, month after month, it would understandable for God to say, "I've given you ten trillion tries. You're finished." But it's not. So in that sense, His grace is always surprising, never ceases to be amazing and His mercy is remarkably outrageous.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Heart, Years, Grace

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• The intent and not the deed
  Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly
  Does greatly.

  John Brown

  Courage, Doe, Dare

  John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Brown, John Banks (1795). “British Theatre: Barbarossa”, p.72

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