There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn. – Chinese Proverb
Mighty in deeds and not in words. – Anon.
Those who shine in the second rank, are eclipsed by the first. – Proverb
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. – Aristotle
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. – Marcus Aurelius
Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For that which happens equally to him who lives contrary to nature and to him who lives according to nature, is neither according to nature nor contrary to nature. – Marcus Aurelius
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. – St. Basil
Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love. – Saul Bellow
No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand. – Bertolt Brecht
A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly. – Emily Bronte
No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness. – Phillips Brooks
If you cant return a favor, pass it on. – Louise Brown
What monster have we here? A great Deed at this hour of day? A great just deed — and not for pay? Absurd — or insincere? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds. – Buddha
As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesnt know the bad he might do. – Elias Canetti
Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem. – Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort
