“No bribes. Nothing that passes under the roof of a temple Or under the roof of the mouth, can appease heaven's anger Or deflect its aim.” HeavenMouthsAimTemplesRoofBribeAppease Author:Aeschylus
“Romeo, of dead, should be cut up into little stars to make the heavens fine. Life, with this pair, has no other aim, asks no more,than Juliet,--than Romeo.” ShouldLittlesRomanceAsksHeavenStarsCuttingFineAimPairsJuliet Book:Nature and Other Essays Source: Nature and Other Essays
“Some fool aims to go to heaven; some clever knows that there isn't any; and some intelligent tries to create one with his own effort! Be intelligent!” KnowsTryingHeavenEffortFoolIntelligentAimClever Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a saint. It is impossible for me to grow bigger, so I put up with myself as I am, with all my countless faults. But I will look for some means of going to heaven by a little way which is very short and very straight, a little way that is quite new[...] It is your arms, Jesus, which are the lift to carry me to heaven, And so there is no need for me to grow up. In fact, just the opposite: I must stay little and become less and less.” WayNeedsLooksMeanLittlesI CanFactsJesusHeavenWishGrowsGrowing UpImpossibleArmsOppositesBiggerAimFaultsSaintLiftsSpiteGoing To Heaven Author:Therese of Lisieux
“Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he comes in the clouds of heaven.” HeartEyeOrderHeavenSoundLordCreaturesWorshipSingingAimRewardsCloudsCarried Away Book:The Works of the Rev. John Wesley Source: The Works of the Rev. John Wesley
“Would that God would make hell so real to us that we cannot rest; heaven so real that we must have men there, Christ so real that our supreme motive and aim shall be to make the Man of Sorrows the Man of Joy by the conversion to him of many.” MenRealJoyHeavenChristHellHe ManSorrowAimMissionsSupremeConversionMotiveMissionaryMissionary Life Author:Hudson Taylor