Able Quote by Dallas Willard

If heaven were by merit, it would never be heaven to me, for if I were in it I should say, "I am sure…

— Charles Spurgeon

We believe in individual merit as a means of gaining salvation

— Lowell L. Bennion

I can’t remember who said it, but a soul and a heaven must exist because good people aren’t rewarded enough on Earth. I always…

— Robert Pattinson

You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we…

— Benjamin Franklin

Heaven grants the human being who has learned to live alone a deep measure of such rewards that verily would one hesitate to sacrifice…

— Cornelia Parker

“And of these, a great part build so much on their ceremonies and petty traditions of men that they think one heaven is too…

— Erasmus

“But if you believe in heaven then you have to believe someone's keeping score. And if someone's keeping score, if what we do really…

— Cassie Alexander

Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life.

— Joseph Addison

We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection

— Samuel Adams

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your…

— Tara Lain

Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.

— Mencius

Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.

— Saint Augustine