Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher
Life of Agesilaus II
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Good actions give strength to ourselves, and inspire good actions in others.”
Duty: With Illustrations of Courage, Patience, and Endurance (1880), Ch. 2, p. 49
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Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
“Good laws are produced by bad actions.”
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius book Saturnalia
Saturnalia (c. 400). Alternately translated as "begot" instead of produced and "manners" instead of actions.
William Mountford (1816–1885) English Unitarian preacher and author
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 5.
Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher
Light, Power and Wisdom (1959), p. 6; note that the short phrase "Be good, do good" had occurred in spiritual teachings of others in the 19th century, usually in conjunction with other injunctions. "Be Good, Do Good" became a prominent motto of the Divine Life Society.
Light, Power and Wisdom (1959), p. 207
Variant: Be good, do good, be kind, be compassionate.
“Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven.”
Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist
“Goodness is not only required in action, but also in speech.”
Mohammed Alkobaisi (1970) Iraqi Islamic scholar
Understanding Islam, "Morals and Ethics" http://vod.dmi.ae/media/96716/Ep_03_Morals_and_Ethics Dubai Media
“Goodness shows itself in behaviour and action and in relationship.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
Vol. I, p. 12
1980s, Letters to the Schools (1981, 1985)
Context: Goodness shows itself in behaviour and action and in relationship. Generally our daily behaviour is based on either the following of certain patterns — mechanical and therefore superficial — or according to very carefully thought-out motive, based on reward or punishment. So our behaviour, consciously or unconsciously, is calculated. This is not good behaviour. When one realizes this, not merely intellectually or by putting words together, then out of this total negation comes true behaviour.
“It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in the retrospect.”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
"Reflections and Remarks on Human Life", VI: Right and Wrong, published in Works: Letters and Miscellanies of Robert Louis Stevenson -- Sketches, Criticisms, Etc. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwe7px (1895), p. 628. <br class="br">Context: It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in the retrospect. We should have been cut-throats to do otherwise. And there's an end. We ought to know distinctly that we are damned for what we do wrong; but when we have done right, we have only been gentlemen, after all. There is nothing to make a work about.