Quotes About Reward

it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

it is very worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

Precious as was the company of her daughter to her, she desired nothing so much as to give up its constant enjoyment to her valued friend; and to see Marianne settled at the mansion-house was equally the wish of Edward and Elinor. They each felt his sorrows, and their own obligations, and Marianne, by general consent, was to be the reward of all.

and even you yourself, who do not altogether seem particularly friendly to very severe, very intense application, may perhaps be brought to acknowledge that it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

Read Above Your Head--"You may perhaps be brought to acknowledge that it is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.

contemplate the difference between a reason and an excuse. A reason is its own reward, but an excuse leads to disappointment every time.

I got a free beer for a $5 tip

I'll have one of my men drop a car off for you." "Thanks. I'll try not to lose it." "If you can manage to keep it intact for a week, it's yours. If it gets stolen, blown up, crushed by a garbage truck, set on fire, filled with cement, or dies an untimely death by any other means, I'll expect you to spend the night with me.

Okay, so this had all the makings of a cluster fuck, but there was a Dairy Queen Oreo Cheese-Quake Blizzard waiting for me somewhere.

What I lack in expertise I make up for with desperation and tenacity, because I only get paid when I catch someone.

ONE FOR THE MONEY

Ten thousand dollars for finding one guy? What's the catch?" "Sometimes they don't want to be found, and they shoot at you.

Life is hell, but at least there are prizes. Or so one thought.

I think that is why—why God allows hard things in life. To prepare us. To knock off rough edges—pride, bias, envy, selfishness—so that when we get to heaven we will be more in tune—more able to enjoy the beautiful things we'll find there. Maybe that's what the rewards will be. A deeper appreciation of what we are given—what we are a part of.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Investors need to get rewarded for their investment, especially in unstable countries.

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.

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.

It is as pleasant as it is unusual to see thoroughly good people getting their deserts.

I like things with upside. That's how you make money.

Your reward will be the widening of the horizon as you climb. And if you achieve that reward, you will ask no other.

You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.

I've learned over the years that when it comes to success, consistency is key. Consistent hard work that we may not like doing today, but for a payoff we'll love tomorrow. Earn it. Enjoy it.

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.