Quotes About Reward

Where in the context might we look for the reward that the Father encourages us to seek? I think a reliable guide would be the prayer that Jesus just taught us to pray in Matthew 6:9–13. It begins with three main longings that we are to hope for from God. First, that God's name be hallowed or revered; second, that God's kingdom come; and third, that his will be done on earth the way it's done in heaven.

Bravery and devotion to duty hath no greater reward than to see the cat get into trouble.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

When workers can get and equal return for less effort, workers make less effort

There are rewards for hawks and dogs when they have done us service; but for a soldier that hazards his limbs in a battle, nothing but a kind of geometry is his last supportation.

So this isn't in any sense acquittal through moral performance, or a reward for good conduct. It's not something earned by years of carefully crafted holiness. It's a wholly "free gift," as Paul says five times in the span of three verses.

Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing Him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he cometh in the clouds of heaven.

When you decide to go on a diet, it's never because you feel great and want to reward yourself by reducing your food intake and exercising more.

Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border. Jer. 31:16, 17.

And though the eternal reward is not bestowed because of our merit, yet it will be in proportion to the work that has been done through the grace of Christ.

For example, in the Marshmallow Test, a classic study conducted by Walter Mischel of Columbia University, when children were given a choice between one marshmallow now or two marshmallows later, some could wait for the larger treat and some just couldn't. Those who could wait were more likely to do better in many ways as they grew up, including pursuing their academic and personal goals with less frustration and distraction.

the promise of a big payoff diminishes our appreciation of the present situation

The complex human eye harvests light. It perceives seven to ten million colors through a synaptic flash: one-tenth of a second from retina to brain. Homo sapiens gangs up to 70 percent of its sense receptors solely for vision, to anticipate danger and recognize reward, but also—more so—for beauty.

We have inadvertently designed a system in which being good at what you do as a teacher is not formally rewarded, while being poor at what you do is seldom corrected nor penalized.

Do help someone else or others out (passionately). For, you will surely be rewarded with recognition someday, may be by the same person(s) that you helped or by someone else/others. ~Emeasoba George

Generosity shouldn't be taken for granted. I mean, it should be appreciated at all times. Yes! but if it is not appreciated as expected, just dare to be generous anyway. Because, God himself takes no generosity for granted i.e. he (God almighty) appreciates and rewards every act of generosity, no matter how small it appears. ~Emeasoba George

Journey to any genuine success can be liken to a bone with a marrow, which one enjoys only if he dares crack the bone open. The above principle is equally applicable and obtainable too to journey to any genuine success. I mean, until you are ready to face your challenges fearlessly/unyieldingly, you will never enjoy the reward for perseverance which is genuine success.

Rely only/wholly on God in all things/always. For, he is a rewarder of those that diligently/earnestly rely on him (Hebrews 11 : 6 ; Galatians 6 : 9).

Nothing procures so many crowns for the monk as discouragement.

All you have to do is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.