Seneca the Younger Quotes

No good deed goes unpunished. I missed the moon landing by being nice to a stranger.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.

To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.

Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others and the planet. Even a smile that brightens someone else's day is a good deed. I initiated Good Deeds Day to spread the message that everyone can give of themselves, according to their heart's desire.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

Each one of us can do a good deed, every day and everywhere. In hospitals in desperate need of volunteers, in homes for the elderly where our parents and grandparents are longing for a smile, a listening ear, in the street, in our workplaces and especially at home.

Putting forward your positive energy connects you back to basic human values which we all share. Good Deeds Day shows that no matter the size of the gesture, a smile that brightens someone else's day or volunteering in your community, we can all take active part in making a difference.

It takes but one good deed to tip the balance in humankind’s favor.

Let no good deed go unpunished!

The drive was brief and the conversation limited, but oh, what a legacy of love! Father never read to me from the Bible about the good Samaritan. Rather, he took me with him and Uncle Elias in that old 1928 Oldsmobile and provided a living lesson I have always remembered.

There's nothing that feels better than to do something nice for somebody. I mean nothing feels better.

How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others!

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.

There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.

In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.

Charity means love towards the neighbor and compassion, for anyone who loves his neighbor as himself also has as much compassion for him in his suffering as he does for himself in his own.

I do find the values in A Christmas Carol significant. It is important not to be mean and stingy and not to give up love for money.

Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.

A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.

Kindness and generosity ... form the true morality of human actions.

Those who have a heart to do good, never need complain for want of opportunity.

We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can.