God, stay with me, let no word cross my lips that is not your word, no thoughts enter my mind that are not your thoughts, no deed ever be done or entertained by me that is not your deed.
Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
It is not being in Jerusalem, but living a good life there that is praiseworthy.
Merit and good works is the end of man's motion; and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest; for if a man can be partaker of God's theatre, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest.
Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another.
The gods see the deeds of the righteous. [Lat., Di pia facta vident.]
Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.
The fruit does not make the tree good or bad but the tree itself is what determines the nature of the fruit. In the same way, a person first must be good or bad before doing a good or bad work.
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.
God blesses still the generous thought,And still the fitting word He speeds,And Truth, at His requiring taught,He quickens into deeds.
Awful as the consideration of eternity is, it is a source of great consolation to the righteous.
All who act upon their highest motivations become a power for good. Know that every right thing you do - every good word you say - every positive thought you think - has a good effect.
The movement of the soul along the path of duty, under the influence of holy love to God, constitutes what we call good works.
