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Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Quotations regarding 'Deeds'

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And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended.
Ferdowsi, Poet
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin Franklin, American Politician (1706-1790)
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet (1749-1832)
For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.
Robert Greene, English Playwright
He is not wise to me who is wise in words only, but he who is wise in deeds.
Saint Gregory, Italian Saint
In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims.
William Greider, American Author
Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.
Stephen Hadley, American Politician (1947-  )
Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.
Lee H. Hamilton, American Politician (1931-  )
Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
Ben Harper, American Musician (1969-  )
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Herodotus, Greek Historian
Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
Hesiod, Greek Poet
It was not the path I was to take. Because of my deeds, I will never know peace again.
Hiawatha, Onondagan Statesman
A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds.
David Horowitz, American Writer (1939-  )
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
Douglas Horton, American Clergyman (1891-1968)
Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
Douglas Horton, American Clergyman (1891-1968)
I hope to God that the inner strength that will vindicate my deeds will in good time spring forth from my own people. I have done as I had to on the prompting of my inner voice.
Kurt Huber, German Celebrity (1893-1943)
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
Victor Hugo, French Author (1802-1885)
A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.
Jesse Jackson, American Activist (1941-  )
Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
Tama Janowitz, -
Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness.
Richard Mentor Johnson, American Politician (1780-1850)
 
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