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I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I was engulfed in darkness, but I took three strides and arrived in bliss. The first stride was a kind notion, the second, a kind phrase; and the third, a kind action.
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The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.
Francis of Assisi
The actions you take may be the only message some people will receive today.
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People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.
Dorothy Day
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Turn yourself not away from three best things: Good Thought, Good Word, and Good Deed.
Zoroaster
Revolve not away from the three ideal elements: Kind Reflection, Noble Speech, and Generous Action.
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The Lord Himself reveals the Path, He Himself is the Doer of deeds.
Guru Gobind Singh
The Almighty unveils the Course, He Himself is the Executor of actions.
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Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise.
Zoroaster
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Realize that there is significance in the seemingly nonsensical. Acknowledge that each action has a consequence and that every utterance carries weight...Most importantly, construct your life as if it were a masterpiece.
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A defiant deed has greater value than unnumerable thousands of words.
Emmeline Pankhurst
A courageous action is worth more than a million utterances.
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Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.
Ignatius of Loyola
Action speaks louder than words.
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Forget bad deeds, even the good we do are full of mistakes.
Nouman Ali Khan
Leave behind wrongdoings, even our best efforts are not without error.
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Egotism is such a terrible disease, in the love of duality, they do their deeds.
Guru Gobind Singh
Vanity is such a dreadful affliction, in their enthusiasm for opposition, they act out their intentions.
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Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
Abu Bakr
Every instant, endeavor to perform a kind act.
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He should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.
Benedict of Nursia
He should first demonstrate through actions rather than rhetoric all that is righteous and virtuous.
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If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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We kill everybody, my dear. Some with bullets, some with words, and everybody with our deeds. We drive people into their graves, and neither see it nor feel it.
Maxim Gorky
We perpetrate destruction, my beloved. Some through violence, some with language, and all with our actions. We encourage suffering to the point of demise, yet we turn a blind eye and a deaf ear.
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Just as a waterfall grows slower and more lightly suspended as it plunges down, so the great man of action tends to act with greater calmness than his tempestuous desires prior to the deed would lead one to expect.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Trust is earned by many deeds, and lost by only one.
Sun Yat-sen
'Confidence is established through countless acts, and destroyed with a single misstep.'
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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
Pythagoras
Do not allow anyone to convince you through their words or actions to do anything that is not in your best interest.
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It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.
Edgar Cayce
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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
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Avoid jealously for this destroys good deeds as fire destroys wood.
Abu Hurairah
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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
Martin Luther
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Sufficient to say, greed is a deadly deed. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
Saint Patrick
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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
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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
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Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury.
Swami Vivekananda
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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Chanakya
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The only measure of your worth and your deeds will be the love you leave behind when you're gone.
Fred Small
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God, stay with me, let no word cross my lips that is not your word, no thoughts enter my mind that are not your thoughts, no deed ever be done or entertained by me that is not your deed.
Malcolm Muggeridge
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EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. It is action which proves life and establishes will
Eliphas Levi
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It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.
John of the Cross
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If you correct your hidden deeds subsequently, Allaah will correct your outward deeds.
Ibn Taymiyyah
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Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors.
Mary Faustina Kowalska
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Deeds are not accomplished in a few days, or in a few hours. A century is only a spoke in the wheel of everlasting time.
Louis Riel
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Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Base not your joy on the deeds of others. For what has been given can be taken away.
Peter Steele
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God looks not at your form, nor at your deeds, but at your Heart.
Rumi
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Our deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.
John Piper
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Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great
Abdullah ibn Mubarak
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Silence is full of the unspoken, of deeds undone, of confessions to secret love, and of wonders not expressed. Our truth is hidden in our silence, Yours and I.
Ahmad Shamloo
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The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen
Max Lucado
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Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.
Walter Raleigh
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He who upholds Truth with all the might of his power,He who upholds Truth the utmost in his word and deed,He, indeed, is Thy most valued helper, O Mazda Ahura!
Zoroaster
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We can bear up under everything, if we have only the certainty that the monster Hitler with his insatiable bloodletting and plundering will have committed soon his last shameful deed.
Friedrich Kellner
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I shall not die, but live; and again declare the evil deeds of the friars.
John Wycliffe