Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Your DNA is divine, and the divine indwelling is never earned by any behavior or any ritual, but only recognized and realized (see Romans 11: 6; Ephesians 2: 8—10) and fallen in love with.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Because even that little boy knows that love can't be earned. The only true love is grace. All else is a counterfeit.
- Richard Paul Evans
Respect is EARNED but honor is GIVEN.
- Craig Groeschel
The whole basis for our relationship with God is rooted and grounded in grace, in that which is not earned.