Quotes about reward

I created a fitness club with five friends. We have weekly check-ins and a reward system - and group penalties if one of us slacks off.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.

The reward of a work is to have produced it the reward of effort is to have grown by it.

344All that is done for Jesus is not in vain

On Virtue - Goodness is its own reward. It has to be nothing else rewards it.

Persistence and determination are always rewarded.

Marriage is a million piece puzzle, a pristine and exciting pursuit at the beginning that gradually becomes a daunting task, usually more challenging than anticipated.   It is only those truly committed to solving that puzzle who witness in the end the miraculous outcome of every tiny piece laid out and pressed together in an inspiring and envious creation—a treasure only time, resoluteness, and perseverance could create. 

To be unable to bear disapproval was an unworthy weakness. But in her case it came nowise of the pride which blame stirs to resentment, but altogether of the self-depreciation which disapproval rouses to yet greater dispiriting. Praise was to her a precious thing, in part because it made her feel as if she could go on; blame, a misery, in part because it made her feel as if all was of no use, she never could do anything right. She had not yet learned that the right is the right, come of praise o

Positive, truthful and helping people always get rewards. Oneness, love, compassion and enlightenment can be attained by following the spiritual laws of the universe." -Hina Hashmi

If you suffer some losses, remember that after humility a reward from God will always follow

This is going to hurt, but you will have to watch other couples be happier, richer and louder than you. Wait. No obstacle can withstand patience. Wait. You may not think so now, but there will come a time when you will be tempted to run away. Would that be right? Would that be fair? As every matriarch discovers, entire seasons will pass without reward. As your mate's peculiarities add up, what do you do? Wait!pg 45

I watch him go, and wonder if being good isn't its own punishment as much as it's supposed to be its own reward.

And he writhed inside at what seemed the cruelty and unfairness of the demand. He had not yet learned that if you do one good deed your reward usually is to do another and harder and better one.

The Perfect Person's Rule of Life:The perfect person does not only try to avoid evil. Nor does he do good for fear of punishment, still less in order to qualify for the hope of a promised reward.The perfect person does good through love.His actions are not motivated by desire for personal benefit, so he does not have personal advantage as his aim. But as soon as he has realized the beauty of doing good, he does it with all his energies and in all that he does.He is not interested in fame, or a g

The best is always worth waiting for. And once you taste it, no other taste will do.

THE THREE BEES by Suzy KassemA young boy once askedA wealthy beekeeper:“What is the secret ofYour success?”The beekeeper simply smiledAnd replied:“To be successful,One has to be one of three bees:The queen bee,The hardest working bee,Or the bee that does not fit in.One success is inherited,And the next one is earned.While the last one isSelf-sought,Self-served,And happens on its ownTerms.”“And which bee are you?”Asked the boy.The beekeeper then wipedThe sweat from his headAnd said:“The last may

The reward of the good man is to be allowed to worship in truth.

the biggest reward of a lifetime is finishing day after day with a smile in you face.

The hardest thing to do often comes with no earthly reward; but it supernaturally affects eternity, so it turns into huge deposit in heaven.

When you strive to possess, there is always a reward waiting for you both in heaven and on earth.

I'm not interested in absolute moral judgments. Just think of what it means to be a good man or a bad one. What, after all, is the measure of difference? The good guy may be 65 per cent good and 35 per cent bad—that's a very good guy. The average decent fellow might be 54 per cent good, 46 per cent bad—and the average mean spirit is the reverse. So say I'm 60 per cent bad and 40 per cent good—for that, must I suffer eternal punishment?"Heaven and Hell make no sense if the majority of humans are

It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbor. The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor's glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken. ... "It is in light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our

An unrewarded value is more valuable than a reward with no value.

My life is ungrateful to me. I do so much for it to be comfortable, and still, it repays me by throwing tantrums left and right. As soon as I think it's time for a present due to all my efforts, I get repaid with ingratitude. If this is how my life treats me, then maybe it's time I mistreat it, as well.

If you only enjoy the journey of writing, that's reward enough.

The journey is the REWARD! NOT the destination.

How I wished after all the hardships, you will immediately attain your reward. But it's not that easy. You need to wait for the right time to come in your life. Always bear in mind that diligence is nothing without perseverance.

Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God' (Hebrews 12:1-2). Jesus was motivated to endure by anticipating the joy of His reward. No amount of hardship and struggle could deprive Him of that anticipation.

You will not be rewarded for your good nature. Your good nature is your reward.

If you do a good deed to reap the reward of blessings, wouldn't you be performing a selfish act?

To be focused on acquiring material things is to forfeit blessings associated with eternal reward

We have potential. Who needs medals? I'd rather have potential than medals any day.

When someone loves you so much that He dies for you, you can trust that any rewards He promises are going to be good.

It’s hard being pissed with a nice car and a good job. Fed up on filet medallions and swimming in chilled martinis. We know what we think and our life here is our reward for thinking it.

Life isn't as magical here, and you're not the only one who feels like you don't belong, or that it's better somewhere else. But there ARE things worth living for. And the best part is you never know what's going to happen next.

As the sun shines I will make hayTo keep failure at bayFor there remaineth a payFor my honest toil each day.

Don't ever think that life is unfair. People may be different in status and identity, but what matters most is your personality. God created all humans with equal love and attention. In times that you think you are alone, remember that He is always there for you. He will never leave you because He loves you. Always bear in mind that all of us are His children and He is our father. And in times of need, hold on to Him because He will never let you suffer. Even though life varies in some circumsta

I begin to understand that failure is its own reward. It is in the effort to close the distance between the work imagined and the work achieved wherein it is to be found that the ceaseless labor is the freedom of play, that what's at stake isn't a reflection in the mirror of fame but the escape from the prison of the self.

Nothing is so rewarding than the patience that you take to go over the ramps of life. They may slow you down, but you are an unstoppable hero. Keep driving!

Alline knew that he could not do anything to make himself more saved, for the righteousness of Christ was sufficient. But he did see that what he did on the earth now would matter greatly in heaven. What he sowed now he would reap later. He saw the great burden of his God for lost men and women and shared that passion. He willingly suffered now so he could be crowned later. Many of God’s choice servants suffered greatly in this life and even had early deaths. Was it a waste? No! Ten thousand tim

Make a list of goals for every year, tick them off & reward yourself when you achieve each one. Will give much discipline in your life.

Do not seek recognition or gratification from man — serve the Lord. He knows how to reward everyone

God has His reward for everyone

There is absolutely no reward on earth for being a Christian. You get it only on payday in Heaven, not while you are still working for Jesus on earth.

Once you understand love, you don’t need a reward your kindness or compassion just like you don’t need a reward for breathing.

Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

An 'Employee of the Month' is a titled given to someone who best helped someone else actualize their dream—in that particular month.

The end is not the reward; the path you take, the emotions that course through you as you grasp life - that is the reward.

If God rewards the faithful with earthly rewards, then what leverage does the devil have?

Reflection can be its own reward.

It will reward enough for me if, by the publication of the present experiment, I have directed the attention of investigators to this subject, which still promises much for physical optics and appears to open a new field.

Entrepreneurs often underestimate costs and overestimate rewards. But the fact that they estimate & still take action sets them apart from peers.

The greatest risk is not taking any.

The greatest risk is not taking one.

Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.

Lifelong pain, an unwanted pregnancy, and even death may be the reward for such a brief window of pleasure. What a foolish gamble!

The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work of satisfying appetite.

There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who disprove the findings of the most revered among us. So Einstein is revered not just because he made so many fundamental contributions to science, but because he found an imperfection in the fundamental contribution of Isaac Newton.

A man shouldn't bite the hand that feeds him, even if another holds out a golden spoon to him as reward after his betrayal.

Just follow your bliss, that's all you have to do. Be willing to be disappointed, for if you risk nothing, you'll have nothing worth having.

Systemic processes tend to reward people for making decisions that turn out to be right—creating great resentment among the anointed, who feel themselves entitled to rewards for being articulate, politically active, and morally fervent.

Intimacy with GOD is most exhilarating, most amazing, most exciting and most rewarding of all.

When the reward is not worth it, when you have to force yourself to do it, when you start changing because of it, and when you just simply loathe it, that is when you should realize that there is nothing for you in it.

Good times are a reminder and a reward for dealing with the difficult and challenging times we all go through. The trick is to celebrate the good times in advance of the difficult times. Always remember, good times await you after the difficult times pass….

Love is love's reward.

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

If a stranger saying we are "dependable" activates the reward system, imagine what praise from a boss, a parent, or even an unaccomplished slightly older graduate student will do. Of course, we all know that praise is a good thing, as long as it isn't too unconditional, but until very recently, we had no idea that praise taps into the same reinforcement system in the brain that enables cheese to help rats learn to solve mazes. And positive social regard is a renewable resource. Rather than havin

Apathy is a trap. There is no challenge... so there is no reward. Remember, there is always free cheese in a mousetrap.

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

We know there are certain chemicals that are designed to give us a rush of pleasure. But, one of the most amazing things about being human is our capacity to override that pleasure. To either say, 'I don't need that pleasure right now. I'm going to ignore the craving.' Or to find something else that we find a deeper sense of reward from.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

I try to stick to a certain diet all the time, and then when I feel like a reward, I have it. I try to stick to no dairy, no sugar, no wheat.

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

The reward of suffering is experience.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

Typically, if you reward something, you get more of it. You punish something, you get less of it. And our businesses have been built for the last 150 years very much on that kind of motivational scheme.

Peace is its own reward.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes.

When you remove the concept of reward and punishment on merit, the result is the utter destruction of social fabric.

The idea of death has been associated with the fear of the unknown, and the punishment or reward for our life choices. There is no punishment, and there is no reward. We punish ourselves instantly, when we choose to be destructive. We reward ourselves, when we choose being our loving selves.

I've been a perfect lady my entire life, and somebody just tried to shoot me, anyway. Grandmother was wrong. Goodness is not its own reward.

God rewards a person not for the deeds he does openly, but according to the thoughts and actions he has in secret.

God rewards those who put Him first and seek to do His will.

...on opening the incubator I experienced one of those rare moments of intense emotion which reward the research worker for all his pains: at first glance I saw that the broth culture, which the night before had been very turbid was perfectly clear: all the bacteria had vanished... as for my agar spread it was devoid of all growth and what caused my emotion was that in a flash I understood: what causes my spots was in fact an invisible microbe, a filterable virus, but a virus parasitic on bacter

I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.

Allah loves His creation. That’s why He rewards so greatly for serving them.