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"Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amount of hard work that is put into it."
"The tougher the job, the greater the reward."
"I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience."
"The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz."
"Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself; nor do we delight in happiness because we restrain from our lusts; but on the contrary, because we delight in it, therefore we are able to restrain them."
"The reward is found in the work."
"The reward of a good deed is in having done it."
"Life's greatest reward is life itself"
"I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward."
"Peace is its own reward."
"If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and punish you for another."
"Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life."
"Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself."
"One way to learn to do something right is to do something wrong. Failure must teach us, or surely success will not reward us."
"The journey is its own reward."
"Coincident with the right of individual property under the provisions of our Government is the right of individual property. . . . When once the right of the individual to liberty and equality is admitted, there is no escape from the conclusion that he alone is entitled to the rewards of his own industry. Any other conclusion would necessarily imply either privilege or servitude."
"Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like."
"The problem with fiat money is that it rewards the minority that can handle money, but fools the generation that has worked and saved money."
"Privilege, in any society, is the reward of duties performed."
"If we knew that god exists, such knowledge would make morality impossible. For, if we acted morally from fear or fright, or confident of a reward, then this would not be moral. It would be enlightened selfishness."
