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The fame of good men?s actions seldom goes beyond their own doors, but their evil deeds are carried a thousand miles? distance. – Chinese	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Fair words without good deeds to a man in misery are like a saddle of gold clapped upon a galled horse. – Chamberlain	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Our deeds are like children that are born to us; they live and act apart from our own will. Nay, children may be strangled, but deeds never: they have an indestructible life both in and out of our consciousness. – George Eliot, Romola, 1863	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift. – Homer, The Odyssey	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air, it is only what is good in man, that wastes and withers there. – Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? – Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. – Teddy Roosevelt	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them becuase they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. – J. R. R Tolkien, Elrond from The Lord of the Rings	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Our deeds are like children that are born to us;they live and act apart from our own will. – George Eliot, Romola	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment. – Harlan Ellison, "Paladin of the Lost Hour"	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt, Paris, Sorbonne 1910	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The credit Union movement..It is a great movement, worthy of great deeds, deserving of great loyalty. – Edward Filene, founded the first credit union in the U.S.	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. – J. R. R. Tolkien, Spoken by Aragorn	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds. – R. D. Laing	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again. Because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, he who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat". – Theodore Roosevelt	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words. – Russian Proverb	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds. – Jewish Proverb	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same. – Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance, 1994, p. 287	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Hatred may be engendered by good deeds as well as bad ones. – Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (1513)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds). – Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. – Buddha	added by anonymous 13 years ago
For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. – William Congreve, The Mourning Bride	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insiduously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to seperate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? – Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt, "Man in the Arena" Speech given April 23, 1910	added by anonymous 13 years ago

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