“You will surely be rewarded for every seed of good deed and godliness.”

“For any display of displeasure or anger against injustice and ungodliness, there is a reward and a godly result.”

“It does not matter what your calling is, if you can invest all your time into it, then, greatness will become your reward.”

“When Opportunity meets Preparation she greets her with open arms and they both say in unison, “Let’s do this!”

“How can youtransform yourlife, whileconstantlysearching forvalues to liveby, withoutexpectingreward?”

“He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.”

“I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do—the actual act of writing—turns out to be the best part. It’s like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.”

“‎Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success.”

“Each time a person passes by you and you say ‘hello’, imagine that person turning into a candle. The more positivity, love and light you reflect, the more light is mirrored your way. Sharing beautiful hellos is the quickest way to earn spiritual brownie points. You should start seeing hellos as small declarations of faith. Every time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family.”

“You should never reward stupidity, unless, of course, it was staged in the first place.”

“True happiness is not found in any other reward than that of being united with God. If I seek some other reward besides God Himself, I may get my reward but I cannot be happy.”

“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.”