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• Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.

  Brander Matthews

  Evil, Giving, Doubt

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• A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

  Sidney Poitier

  Careers, Deeds, Way

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• If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds.

  Joseph Joubert

  Deeds, Rich, Virtue

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Joy, Rift, Deeds

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book XII, 29,

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• A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is a bad as an act of cruelty to a human being.

  Muhammad

  Animal, Deeds Done, Vegetarian

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• Like a stone thrown into a pond, a good deed can create ripples that extend far beyond the initial splash.

  Jeanne Phillips

  Women, Ponds, Deeds

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• A good deed is the best prayer.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Prayer, Deeds, Best Prayer

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4651, Library of Alexandria

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• A good deed never goes unpunished.

  Gore Vidal

  Deeds

  FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from May 29, 2011

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• Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Real, Everyday, Literature

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• I never saw a mob rush across town to do a good deed.

  Wilson Mizner

  Deeds, Saws, Towns

  Quoted in John Burke, Rogue's Progress: The Fabulous Adventures of Wilson Mizner (1975)

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• No good act performed in the world ever dies. Science tells us that no atom of matter can ever be destroyed, that no force once started ever ends; it merely passes through a multiplicity of ever-changing phases. Every good deed done to others is a great force that starts an unending pulsation through time and eternity. We may not know it, we may never hear a word of gratitude or recognition, but it will all come back to us in some form as naturally, as perfectly, as inevitably, . . . as echo answers to sound.

  William George Jordan

  Gratitude, Echoes, Deeds Done

  William George Jordan (1913). “The Power of Truth”

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• When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for having done well or looking for a favor in return.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Needs, Done, Benefits

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• Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Do every day a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

  Dale Carnegie

  Helping Others, Joy, Faces

  "How To Stop Worrying and Start".

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• Even a smile is a good deed.

  Shari Arison

  Deeds

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• Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others and the planet. Even a smile that brightens someone else's day is a good deed. I initiated Good Deeds Day to spread the message that everyone can give of themselves, according to their heart's desire.

  Shari Arison

  Heart, Simple, Ideas

  "Women in Business Q&A: Shari Arison, Owner the Arison Group" by Laura Dunn, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2014.

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• Some people are born empty. All manner of good deeds and patience and loving kindness can't even begin to fill them up.

  Marlena De Blasi

  Kindness, People, Deeds

  Marlena de Blasi (2008). “That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story”, p.146, Ballantine Books

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• The purer your heart, the lighter your spirit will be. The lighter your spirit, the closer to light it will float. The closer to light it is permitted to go, the higher it will float. The higher it floats, the closer to God you will be. Heaven has seven layers. The vibrations of your good deeds, which will be reflected by the weight of your conscience and the purity of your heart, will determine the layer in which your soul will reside. Your goal is to make your heart as light as a feather. The heavier the heart, the more chained to this hell it will remain.

  Suzy Kassem

  Heart, Light, Goal

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• You might be a redneck if your good deed for the month was hiding your brother for a few days.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Brother, Redneck, Deeds

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• Good deeds never go unpunished.

  E. B. White

  Deeds

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• He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

  Saint Basil

  Thankful, Kindness, Tree

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• I submit my tongue as an instrument of righteousness when I make it bless them that curse me and pray for them who persecute me, even though it "automatically" tends to strike and wound those who have wounded me. I submit my legs to God as instruments of righteousness when I engage them in physical labor as service, perhaps carrying a burden the "second mile" for someone whom I would rather let my legs kick. I submit my body to righteousness when I do my good deeds without letting them be known, though my whole frame cries out to strut and crow.

  Dallas Willard

  Crow, Body, Legs

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• In our prehistoric past, we would have lived in extended families, surrounded by kin whose interests we might have wanted to promote because they shared our genes. Now we live in big cities. We are not among kin nor people who will ever reciprocate our good deeds. It doesn't matter. Just as people engaged in sex with contraception are not aware of being motivated by a drive to have babies, it doesn't cross our mind that the reason for do-gooding is based in the fact that our primitive ancestors lived in small groups.

  Richard Dawkins

  Baby, Sex, Past

  Source: inters.org

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• It is the property of a great and good mind to covet, not the fruit of good deeds, but good deeds themselves, and to seek for a good man even after having met with bad men.

  Seneca the Younger

  Men, Good Man, Mind

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• In the story of the Creation we read: ". . . And behold, it was very good." But, in the passage where Moses reproves Israel, the verse says: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil." Where did the evil come from? Evil too is good. It is the lowest rung of perfect goodness. If you do good deeds, even evil will become good; but if you sin, evil will really become evil.

  Martin Buber

  Israel, Perfect, Evil

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• Debt is not just a money thing. It's about owing and being owed. Money is just one thing you can exchange. You can exchange good deeds, you can exchange revenge, you can exchange murders.

  Margaret Atwood

  Revenge, Debt, Deeds

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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