Quotes About Motivation

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.

Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”