Good Deeds Quotes - Page 10

• People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.

  William Shakespeare

  Writing, Evil, Water

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• Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.

  Sophie Swetchine

  Pain, Heart, Deeds

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• There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good deeds, and he has not lived long enough; measure by his evil deeds, and he has lived too long.

  Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

  Life, Men, Long

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• The Buddhist, who thanks no man, who says "Do not flatter your benefactors," but who, in his conviction that every good deed can by no possibility escape its reward, will not deceive the benefactor by pretending that he has done more than he should, is a Transcendentalist.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Karma, Buddhist, Buddhism

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.92, Penguin

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• I always hope that young people will think for themselves and also most importantly, understand that they should judge themselves on their own merit, their good deeds, however simple, to not judge themselves by what they have materially, by what other people think of them, through social media.

  Patti Smith

  Simple, Thinking, Media

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• To begin with, I had never done any good deeds; besides, even if I had simply fabricated a few, I would not have enjoyed going on about them.

  M. Ageyev

  Done, Deeds, Enjoyed

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• There are five dark matters and five lamps. Love of this world is darkness, and the fear of Allaah is its lamp. Sin is darkness, and its lamp is repentance. The grave is darkness, and its lamp is 'none has the right to be worshipped but Allaah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allaah.' The hereafter is darkness, and its lamp is the good deed. The Siraat is darkness, and its lamp is certainty of faith.

  Abu Bakr

  Islamic, Dark, Lamps

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• This is not going to be easy. I'm good at being bad, but I'm bad at being good. I don't know the first thing about good deeds.

  Neal Shusterman

  Deeds, Firsts, Easy

  Neal Shusterman (2011). “Neal Shusterman's Skinjacker Trilogy: Everlost; Everwild; Everfound”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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• God never asked us to meet life's pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Winning, Portfolios, Demand

  Charles R. Swindoll (2008). “Great Lives: Jesus Bible Companion: The Greatest Life of All”, p.60, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Another last-minute, good-deed job,” Royce grumbled as he stuffed supplies into his saddlebag. “True,” Hadrian said, slinging his sword belt over his shoulder, “but this is at least a paying job.” “You should have told him the real reason we saved him from Trumbul— because we wouldn’t see the hundred tenents otherwise.” “That was your reason. Besides, how often do we get to do royal contracts? If word gets around, we’ll be able to command top salaries.” “If word gets around, we’ll be hanged.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Jobs, Real, Should Have

  Michael J Sullivan (2011). “Theft Of Swords: The Riyria Revelations”, p.138, Hachette UK

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• No matter how many good deeds we preform, they aren’t the ticket to earning God’s favor. God graces us in spite of what we do in this life, not because of.

  Bill Courtney

  Grace, Deeds, Favors

  Bill Courtney (2014). “Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love”, p.187, Weinstein Publishing

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• As for religious faith, a lack of it shouldn't stop us from doing good deeds for their own sake.

  Juliet Marillier

  Religious, Deeds, Sake

  Juliet Marillier (2011). “Heart's Blood”, p.102, Pan Macmillan

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• Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a wicked deed.' 'Excellent!' exclaimed Stas, 'and what is a good one?' This time the answer came without any reflection: 'If Kali takes away the cow of somebody else, that is a good deed.' Stas was too young to perceive that similar views of evil and good deeds were enunciated in Europe not only by politicians but by whole nations.

  Henryk Sienkiewicz

  Reflection, Views, Europe

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• In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.

  Bhikkhu Bodhi

  Shadow, World, Body

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• We are not saved by good deeds; we are saved for good deeds. Jesus transforms us to transform others.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Jesus, Deeds, Saved

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• If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow.

  Pope Gregory I

  Saint, Deeds, Today

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• Then you'd better listen, because me sounding like Bronte is one of the signs of the apocalypse-and if the end fo the world is coming, good deeds could earn you Judgment day brownie points.

  Neal Shusterman

  World, Deeds, Judgment

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• Good men and bad men alike are capable of weakness. The difference is simply that a bad man will be proud all his life of one good deed - while an honest man is hardly aware of his good acts, but remembers a single sin for years on end.

  Vasily Grossman

  Honesty, Men, Years

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• It was then that Marvin got religion. Not the quiet, personal kind, that involves doing good deeds and living a better life; not even the kind that involves putting on a suit and ringing people's doorbells; but the kind that involves having your own TV network and getting people to send you money.

  Terry Pratchett

  People, Deeds, Suits

  "Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Saturday)". Book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, May 1, 1990.

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• For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish love and mercy. That is why the poor are as acceptable before God as the rich. It is the generosity of God, the freeness of his salvation, that lays the foundation for the society of justice for all. Even in the seemingly boring rules and regulations of tabernacle rituals, we see that God cares about the poor, that his laws make provision for the disadvantaged. God's concern for justice permeated every part of Israel's life. It should also permeate our lives.

  Timothy Keller

  Keys, Justice For All, Israel

  Timothy Keller (2010). “Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just”, p.34, Penguin

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• Kings and cabbages go back to compost, but good deeds stay green forever.

  Rick DeMarinis

  Kings, Forever, Cabbage

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• Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.

  Sholom Rokeach

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Evil

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• Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval. When our good work or good deeds go unrewarded by hoped for praise, we feel like failures so we treat those who denied us our due as betrayers.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Expectations

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• Our Soul is a spark of the Divine. It is pure and perfect. Evil deeds merely obstruct our vision of the true nature of our Soul. Through good deeds we can become conscious of this perfection again.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Perfection, Evil, Soul

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• Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.

  Lord Acton

  Liberty, Deeds, Next

  John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.28, Jazzybee Verlag

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