#deed

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#goodness #humanity #inspirational #life #light

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#good-deeds #inspirational #inspirational

The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you. ↗

— R.J. Palacio

#honor #inspiration #memories #inspirational

What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan. ↗

— Jason Fried

#deeds #inspirational #work-ethic #inspirational

Deed, not words shall speak me. ↗

— John Fletcher

#me #shall #speak #words

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words. ↗

— Kong Fu Zi

#deeds #gentleman #his #match #should

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#ever #good #good deeds #i #measure

For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains. ↗

— Katharine Anthony

#domestic #earn #earning #hours #increased

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. ↗

— Ausonius

#base #commit #deed #respect #though

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

#best #count #deeds #dial #feels