GOOD
DEEDS, MOTIVE OF

Good deeds that are done silently and for a good motive, are the dead that live even in the grave; they are flowers that withstand the storm; they are stars that know no setting.

Claudius

Do what good you can, and do it solely for God’s glory, as free from it yourself as though you did not exist. Ask nothing whatever in return. Done in this way, your works are spiritual and godly.

Meister Eckhart

A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.

John of the Cross

Our Lord does not care so much for the importance of our works as for the love with which they are done.

Teresa of Avila

The love of God is the principle and end of all our good works.

John Wesley