Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

-- Matthew xxv. 34

And they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one accord thy victorious hand. For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent.

-- Wisdom x. 20-21

And he brought them out in hope and they feared not: and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

-- Psalm lxxvii. 53

And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.

-- Psalm civ. 43

Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.

-- Psalm lxxx. 2

If you have done nothing, or if what you have done has been fruitless because it was done for a human motive, begin immediately to do good works so that at death you will be able to offer something to Jesus Christ in order that He may give you eternal life.

-- St John Vianney

No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the body than he who does less, inasmuch as neither virtue or merit consists therein; for otherwise he would be an evil case, who for some legitimate reason was unable to do actual penance. Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion, without which the soul is worth nothing.

-- St Catherine of Siena