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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
A good deed is a good deed.
Even a smile is a good deed.
One brave deed makes no hero.
No good deed goes unpunished.
The better day, the worse deed.
Deed, not words shall speak me.
Thought is the parent of the deed.
The purpose firm is equal to the deed.
I don't support deed transfer of lands.
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
The deed is everything, the glory is naught.
Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed.
For the beautiful word begets the beautiful deed.
He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.
Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
The smallest deed is better than the grandest intention.
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
A good deed is not just a duty, but above all, a privilege.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.
When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
If you set out to do a good deed, you may do a hundred small kindnesses on the way.
No good deed goes unpunished. I missed the moon landing by being nice to a stranger.
Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
No matter how small the dishonest deed is, at the end of the day, cheating is cheating.
Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.
In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
If you do a good deed, don't expect anything back - the other person can still be a complete git.
Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.
The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.
God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.
My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.
My mother's family has been in Maine for over 300 years on the same farm. They have a King George III deed.
Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.
The only way you learn is by doing. You learn through deed, so that's kind of my aspiration for the time being.
Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.
