Deeds Quotes

He who considers too much will perform little.

A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word. (The Comedy of Errors)

He who has put a good finish to his undertaking is said to have placed a golden crown to the whole.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us. (Macbeth)

Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to […]

If to do were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men’s cottages prince’s palaces. (The Merchant of Venice)

His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.

One good deed, dying tongueless, slaughters a thousand waiting upon that. (The Winter’s Tale)

A noble deed is a step toward God.