If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. To make this a living force and bring it to clear consciousness is perhaps the foremost task of education. The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.
It's so much easier to do good than to be good.
We do not do good works to get into heaven; we do good works because heaven has gotten to us.
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.
The only way to show a true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God’s existence.
We shall be judged by what we do, not by how we felt while we were doing it.
If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good.
As long as I did the good things associated with religion, I thought I was in good shape spiritually, too.
Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind.
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
I do not feel that we should set up PEOPLE as "models"; rather actions, thoughts, principles.
What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one's self-approval.
Future generations will judge us not by what we say, but what we do.
Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.
See to it that each hour's feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
One might better try to sail the Atlantic in a paper boat, than try to get to heaven on good works.
The majority of my life is spent doing nothing but godly things, especially when it comes to dealing with other people.
Humankind's ladder to God is a ladder of deeds.
You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.
It is not enough to say we are Christians. We must live the faith, not only with our words, but with our actions.
Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
If a person is successful, we imagine they are probably also ethical, conscientious and deserving of their good fortune. This obscures the fact that many people who get ahead have done so by doing less than moral actions, which they cleverly disguise from view.
I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.
