It’s a shame to sit idle without doing some good deed.
Today I wasn't a king because I didn't do a good deed.
Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
We are the sons of our deeds.
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
“I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the Gods, lend yourself a hand.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
I honor the father in his son, not the son in his father. Each one receives a reward or punishment for his deeds, but not for the acts of others
“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"
The attitude of the men is equally worthy of admiration...there is a rush to be first when work is to be done, and the same desire to sacrifice selfish consideration to the success of the expedition...Fortune would be in a hard mood indeed if it allowed such a combination of knowledge, experience, ability, and enthusiasm to achieve nothing.
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
Indeed, man has two different beings inside him. What devil thought of that malicious touch?