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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

In the beginning there were two primal spirits,Twins spontaneously active,These are the Good and the Evil, in thought, and in word, and in deed. — Zoroaster

God's grace is our greatest need for every good deed. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

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

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

Count the deed, not the thought. — Lloyd Alexander

No good deed ever goes wasted. — Harold S. Kushner

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

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

They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed. — Robert Green Ingersoll

the smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention — Duguet

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

Did my good deed for the day. Still not close to heaven, but it's something. — April Mae Monterrosa

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

Exitus Acta Probat---the outcome justifies the deed. — Billy McCoy

We don't always choose, Majesty. We simply make the best choices we can once the deed is done — Erika Johansen

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

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

He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another. — Seneca The Younger

Deed of darkness is dark gloom. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind. — Royal Robbins

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

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

Oh, I dasn't, Mars Tom. Ole missis she'd take an' tar de head off'n me. 'Deed she would. — Mark Twain

Villains!' I shrieked. 'Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart! — Edgar Allan Poe

Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed. — Zoroaster

Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

One brave deed makes no hero. — John Greenleaf Whittier

Men didn't have any idea about regret
before God felt so once after created us. — Toba Beta

The Light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed
The Shadow of Shadows looks on the deed alone. — W.B.Yeats

Now I know from this very word and deed of yours what free choice is and is capable of, namely, madness. — Martin Luther

The deed of love is stronger than words — Pearl Bailey

One good deed is worth a thousand prayers. — Zoroaster

Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel. — Edgar Magnin

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

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

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

[In politics] no good deed goes unpunished — Clare Boothe Luce

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day. — Sophocles

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

Sometimes words were useless. It was the deed that would be remembered, anyway, long after the words had faded into the wind. — L. Joseph Shosty

Deed, not words shall speak me. — John Fletcher

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

Curb your speech, restrain your mind, commit no evil deed. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed. — Lewis Mumford

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

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

The word is the shadow of the deed. — Democritus

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

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

Deed done is well begun. — Dante Alighieri

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

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

The modern hero-deed must be that of questing to bring to light again the lost Atlantis of the co-ordinated Soul. — Joseph Campbell

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

Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed. — Abu Bakr

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

The marvel of our Bible never shows more marvellous than at such times, when you see it in deed and in truth the Sword of the Spirit, and it cuts. — Amy Carmichael

But the thought is one thing, the deed is another, and another yet is the image of the deed. The wheel of causality does not roll between them. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Many deeds are done so as to forget another deed: there are also opiate activities. I exist so that another will be forgotten. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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

I ask him to join with me in prayer to the God of Truth that He may grant me the boon of Ahimsa in mind, word and deed. — Anonymous

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

It is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime. — Heloise

We must depend on God's grace for every good deed. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

Whoever acts right is rich in deed — Lailah Gifty Akita

Love is the source of every virtue in you and of every deed which deserves punishment. — Dante Alighieri

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

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

The State's your mother, your father, the totality of your interests. No discipline can be too severe for the man that denies thatby word or deed. — H.G.Wells

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

Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven. — Ellen G. White

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

We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity. — Ezra Taft Benson

Every small good deed counts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

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

Love is eternal, and growing with each breath, every kind thought, word and deed. — Theodore Volgoff

The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

I trust you as holy men trust God; you could do nought that was not pure and loving, though the deed might pierce me unto death. — George Eliot

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

Don't be vain. What you look like doesn't matter. It's the deed that matters. — Sarah Addison Allen

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

Oh, my friends, that your self be in your deed as the mother is in her child - let that be your word concerning virtue! — Friedrich Nietzsche

If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory. — Agesilaus II