Quotes About Reward

We lunched alone, and as we all exerted ourselves to be cheerful, we got, as some kind of reward for our labours, some real cheerfulness amongst us.

Es mucho trabajo, pero hay recompensas en el hecho de que podamos dar tanta felicidad.

En ocasiones, el camino hacia la felicidad es largo y difícil, pero las pruebas que hay que superar hacen que la recompensa final sea mucho más dulce.

She bemoaned the fact that we didn't seem to be at a point anymore when being extremely good at something—and getting rewarded for that talent with attention, respect and money—was even regarded as possible.

There are those who see influence and power as a reward rather than a responsibility. Such men do not make good leaders. —DIRECTEUR JOSEF VENPORT, internal Venport Holdings memo

The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly.

The success you are enjoying today is the result of the price you have paid in the past.

Whenever you use your willpower and strength of character to return to the values that are most dear to you, you are rewarded with a wonderful feeling of happiness and exhilaration. You feel energized and free. You wonder why you didn't make that decision a long time ago.

Perhaps the most important word in the world of work is "contribution." Your rewards, both financial and emotional, will always be in direct proportion to your results, to the value of your contribution. If you want to increase your rewards, you must focus on increasing the value of what you do. You must dedicate yourself to contributing more results to your company. And there are always three key tasks that contribute the most.

Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There is a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.

To reach back and help, and expect neither reward nor even thanks. To reach back and help, because that is what spiritual beings do.

the most powerful form of reward is relational. Positive interactions with people are rewarding and regulating. Without connection to people who care for you, spend time with you, and support you, it is almost impossible to step away from any form of unhealthy reward and regulation.

The artistic reward for refuting the received national tradition is liberation. The price is homelessness. Interior exile.

I have not led an ordinary life, nor a life that would suit everyone. I took great risks, but because I did, I also earned great reward. I found the way to show my true face freely, without fear. Because of this, I found true love.

There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who disprove the findings of the most revered among us. So Einstein is revered not just because he made so many fundamental contributions to science, but because he found an imperfection in the fundamental contribution of Isaac Newton.

When her father offered him her hand in marriage and a fortune in gold and jewels as a reward, Burke informed him that he would be content with nothing more than a kiss.'" "Her father must have been a most excellent kisser," Clarinda replied, lifting the book to hide her face altogether.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

Love is a passion for life shared with another person. You fall in love with a person who you think is wonderful. It's your deepest appreciation of the value of that individual, and that individual is a reflection of what you value most in life. Love, for sound reasons, can be one of life's greatest rewards.

And what do you really do? asked Tiffany. The thin witch hesitated for a moment, and then: We look to ... the edges, said Mistress Weatherwax. There's a lot of edges, more than people know. Between life and death, this world and the next, night and day, right and wrong ... an' they need watchin'. We watch 'em, we guard the sum of things. And we never ask for any reward. That's important.

If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize.

In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.

The reward for toil had been more toil. If you dug the best ditches, they gave you a bigger shovel.

We look to… the edges,' said Mistress Weatherwax. 'There's a lot of edges, more than people know. Between life and death, this world and the next, night and day, right and wrong… an' they need watchin'. We watch 'em, we guard the sum of things. And we never ask for any reward. That's important.

As I am sure some of you know, I boast of the fact that for a couple of years I was a volunteer librarian, working weekends for no more reward than a cup of tea, a sweet biscuit, and a blind eye to the enormous number of books that I was taking home.