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Quotes About Reward

It is through accomplishment that man makes his contribution and contribution is life's greatest reward.
~ John C. Portman, Jr.
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
~ Livy
No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.
~ Lord Chesterfield
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
~ Ovid
Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself.
~ Ayn Rand
Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?
~ Marcus Aurelius
If you love and serve man, you cannot, by any hiding or stratagem, escape remuneration.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.
~ Isaac Barrow
The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.
~ Jean de la Bruyere
Man has free choice, or otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards and punishments would be in vain.
~ Thomas Aquinas
I wonder is it because men are cowards in heart that they admire bravery so much, and place military valor so far beyond every other quality for reward and worship.
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.
~ Frederick William Robertson
This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the world to come.
~ Frederick William Robertson
Men, for the most part, like to pursue women. We like not knowing if we can catch you. We feel rewarded when we do. Especially when the chase is a long one.
~ Greg Behrendt
Do not dismayed daughters, at the number of things which you have to consider before setting out on this divine journey, which is the royal road to heaven. By taking this road we gain such precious treasures that it is no wonder if the cost seems to us a high one. The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid has been nothing at all by comparison with the greatness of our prizes.
~ Teresa of Avila
You should each do your duty; and, if this is not appreciated by your superior, you may be sure that it will be appreciated and rewarded by the Lord.
~ Teresa of Avila
Sometimes it's hard to tell if retirement is a reward for a lifetime of hard work or a punishment.
~ Terri Guillemets
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.
~ Terry Goodkind
The ninety degree shift does not cancel the effects of old age upon the physical body, but it does enable warriors to retain control of all their faculties, their knowledge, sobriety, and power, right up to and even beyond the moment of physical death. This is every warrior's reward for having been willing to fight impeccably right up until the final breath.
~ Théun Mares
The more difficult is your journey, the sweeter the destination
~ Thabiso Monkoe
A man must break his back to earn his day of leisure.
~ The Beatles
Good actions lead to success, as good medicines to a cure: a healthy man is joyful, and a diligent man attains learning; a just man gains the reward of his virtue.
~ The Hitopadesa
Prosperity is acquired by exertion, and there is no fruit for him who doth not exert himself: the fawns go not into the mouth of a sleeping lion.
~ The Hitopadesa
Give the People what they want - and they'll get what they deserve.
~ The Kinks