A Quote by Edward Young

The purpose firm is equal to the deed

Edward Young

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Deed Equal Firm Purpose

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Edward Young
English - Poet
July 3, 1683 - April 5, 1765

The purpose firm is equal to the deed.

Edward Young

Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.

Edward Young

You go to any MBA program, and you will be taught the theory of the firm, that the purpose of the firm is the maximization of return on invested capital. I always thought this was a kind of lunacy.

Peter Senge

For a firm to be exceptional, it has to be led by purpose. Our purpose is to make an impact that matters.

Punit Renjen

Absolutely, at a macro-level, I want our firm to be a purpose-led firm. This notion of making an impact that matters, I want that embedded in whatever we do.

Punit Renjen

Writing may be either the record of a deed or a deed. It is nobler when it is a deed.

Henry David Thoreau

The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it.

Friedrich Nietzsche

It is not the deed we do Though the deed be never so fair, But the love that the dear Lord looketh for, Hidden with lovely care In the heart of the deed so fair.

Christina Rossetti

You teacher, teach your pupils freedom in thought and deed, honesty in thought and deed, and tolerance in thought and deed.

Ameen Rihani

Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal.

Laozi

Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily subverted to evil and destructive ends.

Gordon B. Hinckley

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.