Deed Quotes

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

A good deed is a good deed.

The better day, the worse deed.

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

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

A good deed never goes unpunished.

The purpose firm is equal to the deed.

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

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

No good deed goes unpunished.

For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.

Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.

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