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"Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither." ~C.S. Lewis
"Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." ~Jesus Christ-Matthew 5:19
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal." ~Jesus Christ-Matthew 6:19-20
"Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." ~Jesus Christ-Matthew 18:4
"For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ~2 Corinthians 5:1
"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ~Philippians 3:20
"Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down our of heaven from God, prepared as a bride for her husband." ~Revelation 21:1-2
"How sweet is rest after fatigue! How sweet will heaven be when our journey is ended." ~ George Whitfield
"God is the same God in heaven as on earth, but I shall not be the same man." ~Richard Baxter
"Heaven would hardly be heaven if we could define it." ~William Biederwolf
"To believe in heaven is not to run away from life; but to run toward it." ~Joseph Blinco
"When you speak of heaven let your face light up...When you speak of hell --well, then your everday face will do." ~Charles Spurgeon
"The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel up hill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh." ~Jonathan Edwards
"We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there." ~Dwight L. Moody
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." ~C.S. Lewis
"Those who are not saints on earth will never be saints in heaven." ~Matthew Henry
"To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinately better than the most pleasant accomodations here." ~Jonathan Edwards
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