Quotes About Reward

we will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.

When Jesus speaks about a reward here, he means the reward in the kingdom that comes.

If you don't believe there's a price for this sweet paradise, just remind me to show you the scars.

Peace will come With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall..

Seven years ago we all went through the flames; and the happiness of some of us since then is, we think, well worth the pain we endured...

You're the greatest risk I've ever taken. And the greatest reward.

His gaze was soft on my face, filled with a sudden tenderness that made my throat tight. You're the greatest risk I've ever taken. He pressed his lips gently to mine. And the greatest reward. Chapter 6, pg 100

Making changes was my responsibility. Having a great guy was just a bonus.

You're the greatest risk I've ever taken. And the greatest reward. -- Gideon to Eva

Did you know that jewelry shop is a Cross Industries property? Gideon Cross has offered a quarter-million dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the thieves.

Arriesgándose es como se consiguen las mayores recompensas.

For good and ill deeds belong to a man alone, when he stands alone on the other side of death, But here upon earth you have the reward of the good and ill that was done by those who have gone before you. And all that is ill you may repair if you walk together in humble repentance, expiating the sins of your fathers; And all that was good you must fight to keep with hearts as devoted as those of your fathers who fought to gain it.

Read books? That's like eating mielie pap—it start out bad, then it get no better." Joseph took a deep breath and let it out slowly, overburdened by the mere thought of literature.

T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

The porters could always be coaxed to continue a little further through driving rain by the mere suggestion of a Pot Noodle at the end.

free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.

There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there?

His face softened and he spoke in the gentle voice she'd grown so accustomed to. "I'm sorry I had to do that to you. But fear has its reward.

And it is also the only reward for my work: to feel what I have written is like the back of a cat as it is being petted, with sparks and an arching in cadence. (page 402)

Tarde venientibus ossa. To the latecomers are left the bones.

Many commit the same crime with a different destiny; one bears a cross as the price of his villainy, another wears a crown.

And with every massive success you notch up, you ask for and get more money, not because you want it to buy things with but because it's the only reliable way in this business of keeping score. If you're getting x every night but your best friend and deadliest rival is getting x+1, it's enough to break your heart. So you try harder, and harder still.

akuntala, we have watered the trees that blossom in the summer-time. Now let's sprinkle those whose flowering-time is past. That will be a better deed, because we shall not be working for a reward.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.