The times might be unpleasant, repulsive. The ghastly chaos, the abhorrent uncivility might be intolerable, might force us into argument or leave us panic-stricken. On such occasions people build within themselves a conviction, that the world outside...
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
If, before every action, we were to begin by weighing up the consequences, thinking about them in earnest, first the immediate consequences, then the probable, then the possible, then the imaginable ones, we should never move beyond the point where o...
Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer-if ever I wished a righteous wish-I am rewarded now. To be your wife is, for me, to be as happy as I can be on ...
We fight monsters and unholy creatures for a living here. Grotesque, evil, violent, dangerous; they’re certainly all these things. And yet, we somehow manage to go to sleep each night and wake up each morning. The terror wears off. What was horrifi...
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
My life and deed is my example.
The deed is everything, the glory is naught.
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
Count the deed, not the thought.
Thought is the parent of the deed.
For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
deeds cannot dream what dreams can do
When there is harmony between thoughts and deeds, there is peace.
Deed, not words shall speak me.
You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.
These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewar...
Forgive me for saying so, Your Highness," Clarissa said slowly, "but for one as unaccustomed to good deeds as you, perhaps it would be best if you started with one on a smaller scale. Something like, I don't know, spreading bread crumbs for birds?" "...
