"A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things." Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
John 5:17 (NLT) But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.”
Edythe Draper, Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1992), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 5.