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In the morning fix thy good purpose; and at night examine thyself what thou hast done, how thou hast behaved thyself in word, deed, and thought. — Thomas A Kempis

That deed is not well done of which a man must repent, and the reward of which he receives crying and with a tearful face. — Max Muller

Even a smile is a good deed. — Shari Arison

One little deed done in time is worth more than a thousand good intentions. — Cindy Woodsmall

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. — William Shakespeare

A deed happens in a definite place at a definite time, but if it be sufficiently great and pregnant, its virtue radiates everywhere in time and space. — George Sarton

Service is a selfless deed. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A friend in deed is a friend indeed. — Ashok Kallarakkal

A good thought is a spark,
a good desire is a flame,
and a good deed is a bonfire. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A good deed was indeed a triumph for the soul. — Cecelia Ahern

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed. — Stefan Zweig

The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti — Virgil

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires. — Albert Schweitzer

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost. — Calderon De La Barca

A deed done in anger cannot be rectified by another act of rage, — Jagmohan S. Bhanver

And when a beest is deed, he hath no peyne; But man after his deeth moot wepe and pleyne. — Geoffrey Chaucer

A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. — Vincent Van Gogh

A good deed hidden in silence dies. — Pindar

One mighty deed can change the course of things; a lonely thought becomes omnipotent. — Sri Aurobindo

Foreigners are sending messages to the planets. We are sending rice and cereals to our dead fore-father through the Brahmins. It is a wise deed? — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed. — Isaiah Berlin

For Judaism, sin is a deed, not a condition. — Harold S. Kushner

If you set out to do a good deed, you may do a hundred small kindnesses on the way. — Sarah Doudney

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. — Eric Hoffer

Every deed has a seed. In other words, the deeds you choose to do in this lifetime create a seed for future generations. — Jentezen Franklin

Every day is a dance deed. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear. — Desmond Tutu

Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won. — Henrik Ibsen

The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget. — Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

Many things can cause us to worry, but a kind word or deed can do wonders. Sometimes that's all we need to feel better. — Kate Klise

A good deed is a good deed. — John Lee Hancock

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

A good painting should be the equivalent of a good deed. — Vincent Van Gogh

A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed. — Henrik Ibsen

Well, I can feel superior for my good deed." I flashed him a smile. "How's that for a selfish reason? — Kim Harrington

Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to a deed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark. — Cesare Pavese

The feeling of love is a rich feeling, but the expression of love in word or deed is a joy. — Alexander Lowen

A kind word and forgiveness is better than a charitable deed followed by hurtful words: God is self-sufficient and forbearing. — Anonymous

One deed from a sage achieves more than a thousand deeds from warriors. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A glorious deed is to keep the peace. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair. — William Shakespeare

The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most. — Emile Zola

Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. — William Shakespeare

The distortion of a text resembles a murder: the difficulty is not in perpetrating the deed, but in getting rid of its traces. — Sigmund Freud

One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones. — Saint Ignatius

A little water clears us of this deed. — William Shakespeare

A real friend is one who helps us to think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves. — Elizabeth George

A defiant deed has greater value than unnumerable thousands of words ... — Emmeline Pankhurst

The genius-in work and in deed-is necessarily a squanderer: the fact that he spends himself constitutes his greatness. — Friedrich Nietzsche

God isn't like a candy machine. We can't insert a good deed and receive a blessing. Then we'd be in charge, not him. — Sarah Sundin

Do not think little of any good deed, even if it is just greeting your brother with a smile. — Muhammad

Our own humble and meek ones, fasters and keepers of silence, will arise and go forth for a great deed. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There is never a deed so foul that something couldn't be said for the guy; that's why there are lawyers. — Melvin Belli

Patience is nobler motion than any deed. — C. A. Bartol

The memory of a good deed lives. — Aesop

A good thought is a spark in the world,
a good desire is a flame in the sky,
and a good deed is a bonfire in the universe. — Matshona Dhliwayo

One good deed dying tongueless Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. Our praises are our wages. — William Shakespeare

But eggshells were made to be broken, and slamming into a 100-story skyscraper at the speed of light would likely do the deed. — Maureen A. Miller

A friend in deed is desirable. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily subverted to evil and destructive ends. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Your whole life should be lived as a heroic deed — Leo Tolstoy

Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire. — Gautama Buddha

One good deed is worth a thousand prayers. — Zoroaster

A friend with seed (capital), is a business-man in deed. — Vikrmn

An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before. — Brandon Sanderson

Every step toward Christ kills a doubt. Every thought, word, and deed for Him carries you away from discouragement. — Theodore L. Cuyler

Everytime you do a Good Deed with true intention, your soul grows purer. — Soman Chainani

Never underestimate a good deed, you don't know which 'Hasanah' will be your ticket to Jannah. — Muhammad Nusair

[P]erhaps this was how you knew a good deed was truly good: you didn't necessarily feel better afterwards. — Francois Lelord

The reward of a good deed is in having done it. — Elbert Hubbard

A prayer without a deed is an arrow without a bow-string; A deed without a prayer is a bow-string without an arrow. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX — Paulo Coelho

Why was the host (victim predestined) sad?
He wished that a tale of a deed should be told of a deed not by him should by him not be told. — James Joyce

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. — Arthur Erickson

Did you ever see a mob rush across town to do a good deed? Dave Robicheaux — James Lee Burke

The look of a king is itself a deed. — Jean Paul

To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return. — Thiruvalluvar

that deed and word should be in accord, that a man should be equal to himself under all conditions, and always the same. — Seneca.

Don't undo a brave and noble deed. Don't rob yourself of your own virtue. — James Lee Burke

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Every day do a good deed that will put a mile of joy on someone's face. — Dale Carnegie

How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! — Walt Whitman

To save a man and thereby to spare a father's agony and a mother's feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity. — Alexandre Dumas

He who does a good deed is instantly ennobled. He who does a mean deed is by the action itself contracted. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The man who has truly believed in his heart ... his life will be marked by a biblical confession of Christ in word and deed. — Paul Washer

By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three. — Gautama Buddha

To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave. — Elvis Presley

A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. — Dante Alighieri

In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. — Edward Gibbon

Steal a chicken if you get a chance, Huck, because if you don't want it, someone else does and a good deed ain't never forgotten. — Mark Twain

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. — Amelia Earhart

When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves. — Henry David Thoreau

Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A valiant deed unsung is no less valiant. — George R R Martin

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit? — Mahatma Gandhi

God has written us a book, and now we have the opportunity to respond with our words and actions. — Jared Brock

Horror does not need the dark, and sometimes a truly evil deed shuns the shadows. — Philip Kerr

As far as I am concerned, any deed done with good motivation is a religios one. — Dalai Lama XIV

In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed. — Thomas Wentworth Higginson