9 Quotes About No Good Deed

Good deeds are the product of good intentions, but sometimes things don’t always work out that way. Sometimes, we do something that is kind or helpful, yet it ends up causing more damage than it would have if we hadn’t done anything at all. When this happens, how should we respond? There are many ways to react, but the no-good-deed quotes below are some of the best. They show us how to look beyond the results of our actions, knowing that they can have unintended consequences even when they are pleasing to the eye.

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Telling someone like my mother that Hell is a real, physical place, somewhere you can travel to and from, would be like spray-painting the statue of Jesus hanging over the pulpit during mass. Better off telling her the Pope is gay. Bill Blais
2
Demons exist, ' he says simply, as if talking about the weather. 'They are real and they are dangerous. We hunt them when necessary and return them when we can. Bill Blais
3
I’m in a secret underground hideout of a group of monster hunters, filled with magical totems, brass monkeys that move and enough firepower to take over a small country. Bill Blais
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Down every hall is a gruesome tangle of impossible creatures, and every one of them is split open or strung with barbs or dragging their insides after them, flailing along on shattered limbs or shredded wings or blasted stumps. I’ve got the pistol, half a can of spray and a handful of useless shotgun slugs. I’m dead. Bill Blais
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That thing ruined my favorite T-shirt, " complains Mario."Whatever." It’s Marianne’s voice. "You were just looking for a reason to get your shirt off." I try to look around for her, but my neck refuses. Bill Blais
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I know you think I should be home taking care of my family. That maybe I’d be distracted or I wouldn’t be as committed as the rest of you, but who’s more committed: the person with something to lose, or the people who’ve got nothing left? Bill Blais
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Mario the Magnificent is Orange! " His eyes sparkle with eagerness as he winks at me. Bill Blais
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He reminded himself as he turned another corner – glancing automatically into the shadows to see if anyone lurked there – the deed was the thing, not the praise. Raymond E. Feist