Quotes about Deeds

Tell the righteous it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him. (Isaiah 3:10—11)

Actions are the seeds of fate. Deeds grow into destiny.

We object not to the narration of the deeds of our unregenerate condition, but to the mode in which it is too often done. Let sin have its monument, but let it be a heap of stones cast by the hands of execration - not a mausoleum erected by the hands of affection.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

However, it is not the immediacy of such experiences that tells us that it is the Spirit of God in Christ by whom we are being formed. Rather, the proof, if not the comfort, lies in the person we become and the deeds that flow from us. The tree is known by its fruit.

Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.

Implementation beats oration.

Abhor all idea of being saved by good works, but O, be as full of good works as if you were to be saved by them!

Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it. This is the equivalent of saying deeds, and not words, are what count most.

It is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be read.

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us.

Our deeds are like children that are born to us; they live and act apart from our own will. Nay, children may be strangled, but deeds never: they have an indestructible life both in and out of our consciousness.