#deed

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#deeds #self-determination #responsibility

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#heard #indeed #minded #mistresses #often

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#deeds #graves #left #over #shed

In the world I lived in, the world of human people, there were ties and debts and consequences and good deeds. That was what bound people to society; maybe that was what constituted society. And I tried to live in my little niche in it the best way I could. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#debts #deeds #relationships #society #niche

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#best #cures #deeds #depression #hot

And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are. All we can say is that this is a good deed, because it helps someone or that's an evil one because it hurts them. People are too complicated to have simple labels. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#complicated #deed #evil #good #labels

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right. ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#life #mistake #right #truth #life

The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#death #deeds #evil #good #legacy

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#forget #good #good deed #joke #poor

Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or other goals without the income from a job. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#course #difficult #economy #general #goals