A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers love; pleasure bestowed on a grateful mind was never sterile, but generally gratitude begets reward. - (Basil, St. - Deeds and Good Deeds)

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed. - (Gogh, Vincent Van - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds. - (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. - (Schweitzer, Albert - Deeds and Good Deeds)

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. - (Thoreau, Henry David - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice. - (Ford, Henry - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. - (Lowell, James Russell - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure. - (Talmud, The - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. - (Buddha - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Good deeds from good intentions flow; but good intentions only; build for us a place below. - (Unknown, Source - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. - (Herodotus - Deeds and Good Deeds)

Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning - (Midrash - Deeds and Good Deeds)

How ever a brilliant an action, it should not be viewed as great unless it is the result of a great motive. - (La Rochefoucauld, Francois De - Deeds and Good Deeds)

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life. - (Thoreau, Henry David - Deeds and Good Deeds)

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. - (Cohen, Leonard - Deeds and Good Deeds)