Deeds

Famous quotes containing the word deeds:

“Government ... thought [it] could transform the country through massive national programs, but often the programs did not work. Too often they only made things worse. In our rush to accomplish great deeds quickly, we trampled on sound principles of restraint and endangered the rights of individuals.”
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)

“You are by nature much better at advising others than yourself. I draw my proof from deeds not words.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

“We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)