“Lofty words cannot construct an alliance or maintain it; only concrete deeds can do that.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963
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Source: Absalom, Absalom!, typescript setting copy and miscellaneous material
Source: Festus: a poem
Source: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings
Source: Four Novels of George Eliot
“And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds.”
Source: The Iliad of Homer
“He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.”
“There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.”
“Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us.”
“We pass through this world but once.”
Source: The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)
“To treat of human actions is to deal wholly with second causes.”
Source: Published Poems: The Writings of Herman Melville
“You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.”
Source: Complete Stories
“Virtue must shape itself in deed.”
Source: Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Selected Poetry: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition
“The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.”
“Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.”
Source: You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success
Source: Standing by Words
Source: The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown
“Nothing can come of nothing; he who has laid up no materials can produce no combinations.”
“When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.”
Source: Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush
Source: Prescriptions For Living: Inspirational Lessons for a Joyful, Loving Life
Source: A Small Place