Quotes About Reward

The first man to sight land was supposed to get a yearly pension of 10,000 maravedis for life, but Rodrigo never got it. Columbus claimed he had seen a light the evening before. He got the reward.

These things I'd learned when I was young: Life is short and men are cruel, and ponies are born to suffer. I decided that I would work as hard as I could at whatever job I was given, believing that I would earn my reward in the end and live forever in the ponies' place.

The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.

I was the youngest child. I got to be myself and ask stupid questions because I was the youngest. It is so important to listen to the questions children have and reward them for the wondrous questions they ask.

Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.

Certain things should be yours to have when you work your way to the top.

Be it a trip to the dentist, getting an injection or even coming home with a good report card, my reward always had to be a book. I didn't care much for anything else.

Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.

You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.

What is the point of competing for a trophy if everyone gets a trophy?

Anyone would love to have the medal and a major trophy on their CV. When you reach Wembley, you think of the amount of hours you have put in training throughout your life, all the games you have played up to that point, and if you win a trophy, it is there forever as a reward.

Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.

It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt.

The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction.

If you are working in a publicly subsidized building, then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. Work that speaks to your audience in many resonant ways. The priority is less about the financial rewards.

The truth is, the harder you fight, the sweeter are the rewards in the end.

Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.

The truth is, we are a culture built on a reward system, and our instinctive pursuit of pleasure can often lead us astray. We will rationalize anything into an excuse to indulge in whatever it is that makes us feel temporarily satiated.

Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.

We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

When I rely on my faith, I know God wants to reward and bless me but not because of some great act that I did but because of who He is.