Islam and good deeds: Imam Ali (as)

Acquiring good deeds is one of the best of earnings.

In every good deed  there is reward.

For every good deed there is recompense.

Every good deed which is not done with the intention of seeking nearness to Allah, has the ugliness of ostentation in it and its fruit is an ugly requital.

Good turns and benevolent actions.

Showing kindness to the enemy is one of the two triumphs.

Following up one favour with another favour is from the perfectionof munificence.

Doing good is the nature of the righteous and doing evil is the nature of the wicked.

Benevolence from the wicked corrupts just as much as it reform from the honourable.

If a righteous act is not nurtured, it wears away, just like worn out garments and dilapidated buildings.

Do good and you shall enthral.

Bestow goodness and you shall advance.

Do good and you will be thanked.

Forget your gift, [and] remember your promise.

Give and you shall become capable (or be chosen).

Give generously and you shall gain authority.

Confer favours and you will be praised.

Extend your goodness and do no harm.

Be good [to others] and good will be done to you.

Bestow favous on the people and your status will increase.

Show kindness to whomever you wish and you will become his master.

Confer favours and you will be thanked, fear [Allah] and you will be reared [by the people] and do not crack [silly] jokes such that you are belittled.

Seize the opportunity to perform righteous deeds and be careful of your obligations towards your brothers.

Start by giving the one who has not asked you, and extend your favour to the one who has sought it, and be cautious never to turn away a beggar.

Donate your wealth generously towards righteous works and support your friend[s] with it, for indeed generosity is a more befitting trait for the free.

Do good to the one who is under your authority and the one under whose authority you are wil do good to you.

The best faith is [that which is accompanied by] righteousness.

The best favous are those that correspond with divinely ordained laws.

The best act is that which benefits the poius ones.

The best act is that which benefits those who are deserving of it.

The merit of a righteous action is better than the action [itself].

The greatest righteous act is establishing ties with near relatives.