Reward Quotes

I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.

I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.

Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.

A great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle [patriotism] alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.

We have the right to choice of our own work and to the reward of our own toil. It inspires the initiative that makes our productivity the wonder of the world.

If seeds of good humanity and good culture are sown, the reward of a rich harvest can be reaped by generation to come. Education means such sowing, such implementing.

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us. Hold property and external riches with fear; they often leave their possessor scorned and mocked at for having lost them.

Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.

At the southern tip of the continent, a rich reward is in the making.

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges.

The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is.

There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.

Be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.

If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

If treachery is the reward of trust, will the man who trusts come to harm?

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.