“If you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’”
Luke 14:28-30

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
Proverbs 11:13

One who is FAITHFUL in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is DISHONEST in a very little is also dishonest in much.
Luke 16:10

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the OUTSIDE of the cup and dish, but INSIDE they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Matthew 23:23,25

Authenticity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
Charles Spurgeon

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.”
Matthew 23:25-26

Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Philippians 4:8

His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
Psalm 55:21

As a man thinks within himself, so he is.
Proverbs 23:7

Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:1

When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works …
Titus 2:7a

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might …
Ecclesiastes 9:10

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
Henry Ford

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Colossians 3:23-24

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”
Augustine

“Fear God and work hard.”
David Livingstone

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Romans 12:11

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”
Andrew Carnegie

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen IN me—put it into practice.
Philippians 4:9