God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the bare deed instead of the will.
— Richard Baxter
God's standard of judgment goes down to the intents of the heart.
— Ray Comfort
You haven't done the will of God when you have done it miserably.
— Mother Teresa
It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.