Quotes About Reward

Thank you for all the Acts of Light which beautified a summer now passed to its reward. —letter from Emily Dickinson to Mrs. John Howard Sweetser

Just being a good person doesn't necessarily entitle you to a good life.

This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal.

The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment.

Imagen alta y tierna del consuelo, aurora de mis mares de tristeza, lis de paz con olores de pureza, ¡premio divino de mi largo duelo!

Alguien definió a la aventura —dijo siguiendo su propio hilo— como la situación ideal en la que nunca hay que parar para ir a comer, ir a cagar o a trabajar para ganar ese dinero que le permite al héroe pagar siempre el taxi con la guita justa...

The thing that ruined your life makes you good at your work. And then you get rewarded at work, so you don't bother to fix it in your life.

And the biggest reward was reaping the kind of life I deserved.

Nu exist? paradis, dar trebuie s? facem a?a ca s? merit?m s? existe unul.

Some things were beyond her reach. In her sheltered life, she'd never realized that until now. She hadn't expected the world to be handed to her upon a golden platter, but she'd always assumed that if she worked hard enough for something, treated everyone the way she would like to be treated, then she would be rewarded.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained." "Yes, but it is a wise man who understands his limits.

I have a 'cheat day' a week. I can really indulge and treat myself.

I think it has just been ingrained in me since an early age that the harder you worked, the more successful you were.

The best leaders begin with an environment that embraces and rewards change and innovation.

I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.

Working is not instantly rewarding. It's a long process, and it's much easier to just feed whatever dopamine cycles exist in your brain in instant gratification ways. I get it; I do it.

Above all, do not bribe, reward, or attempt to comfort with food. Food is for hunger, satisfaction, and nourishment. Help your children learn how to endure feelings. Let them know that their feelings are real and valued and that there are ways to be comforted without using food.

That was the change in her from ten years ago; that, indeed, was her reward, this haunting, magical sadness which spoke straight to the heart and struck silence; it was the completion of her beauty.

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.

So honesty then and service are rewarded by banishment and people sell themselves without so much ado because they have no beliefs--only a price.

suffering sweetens the reward

It was the way of his father's house. Carrot and stick.

Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent: Identify It, Hire It, Nurture It, Reward It, Protect It. And when the time comes, Fire It.

It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. On the contrary, men dive for them because they fetch a high price.