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Quotes About Reward

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
~ William Penn
Lest too light winningMake the prize light.
~ William Shakespeare
He is well paid that is well satisfied.
~ William Shakespeare
Men prize the thing ungain'd more than it is.
~ William Shakespeare
Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame, a grave to rest in, and a fading name!
~ William Winter
we should see the earth Unthwarted in her wish to recompense The industrious
~ William Wordsworth
The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
~ Wole Soyinka
The person who desires to leave things better than he found them, who does more than his share, who is not attached to rewards, who is always seeking to benefit others, who knows he is cared for and rewarded by the Universe for his every effort, is able to act selflessly, without expectation of a reward or a return, without thought of advantage, and of him it is said, "He is better than the best," and, of course, he is greatly rewarded.
~ Wu Wei
Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research. And when you see that you've got problems, all you have to do is examine the historic method used all over the world by others who have problems similar to yours. And once you see how they got theirs straight, then you know how you can get yours straight.
~ x malcolm v
Por qué la gente cree que llorando y quejándose de lo triste que es su vida va a merecerse cualquier cosa mejor? ¿Quién va a recompensarte por joderle el mood? ¿No sería más lógico que te pagaran por hacerlos reír?
~ Xavier Velasco
The gods give nothing really good and beautiful without labor.
~ Xenophon
The invention of the art [of hunting] is from the gods; for hunting and dogs were the care of Apollo and Diana, who rewarded and honoured Chiron with a knowledge of them on account of his regard for justice.
~ xenophon ii
Though u have seen many, but u haven't yet seen enough. The good work always pays wonderfully
~ Yakubu yusuf
The presence of God is the finest of rewards.
~ Yann Martel
Le bonheur n'est pas la récompense de la vertu. Il est la vertu elle-même. 
~ Yasmina Khadra
Society functions in a way much more interesting than the multiple-choice pattern we have been rewarded for succeeding at in school. Success in life comes not from the ability to choose between the four presented answers, but from the rather more difficult and painfully acquired ability to formulate the questions.
~ David Mamet
I mean, you have a general tone of it but it's pretty much you get to come in and you're going to flip this car and it's going to blow up and you're going to come out on fire and you go oh, that's cool, and then you get paid a lot of money.
~ David R. Ellis
you got your just desserts
~ David Walliams
But if you come to define success, in both business and in life, as philosophers and religions have for millennia, by the satisfaction derived from work itself and not the degree of attention you receive for it, people like Johns and Canby—the Invisibles—offer a model you would do well to follow. Ask yourself: Do I want to be on a treadmill of competition with others, or do I want to find lasting reward by challenging myself?
~ David Zweig
Virtue is never its own reward for the narcisisst
~ Dean Cavanagh
The one Kingdom comes in two stages: a temporary heavenly reign, followed by an eternal earthly reign, the two being separated by a single Parousia when the High King descends from heaven to consummate all things in final reward and retribution.
~ Dean Davis
As the sun shines I will make hayTo keep failure at bayFor there remaineth a payFor my honest toil each day.
~ Ogwo David Emenike
Neither man nor any animal can enjoy life to the full without taking some risks to life or limb.
~ Philip Brown, Uncle Whiskers
Without ambition, nothing is achieved. Without work, nothing will be completed. The prize will not be sent until you earn it.
~ Ane Krstevska