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• This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers.

  Henry Taube

  Real, Discovery, Appreciate

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• Every single person on the planet is rewarded for one thing and one thing only, and that is for serving other people. The more you serve others, the higher your reward.

  Larry Winget

  People, Serving Others, Planets

  Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.171, Penguin

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• Born to an age where horror has become commonplace, where tragedy has, by its monotonous repetition, become a parody of sorrow, we need to fence off a few parks where humans try to be fair, where skill has some hope of reward, where absurdity has a harder time than usual getting a ticket.

  Thomas Boswell

  Skills, Sorrow, Tragedy

  Thomas Boswell (1984). “Why Time Begins on Opening Day”, Doubleday Books

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• Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent:
  Identify It,
  Hire It,
  Nurture It,
  Reward It,
  Protect It.
  And when the time comes, Fire It.

  Felix Dennis

  Simple, Fire, Talent

  Felix Dennis (2008). “How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets”, p.99, Penguin

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• The lesson is, the rewards in life don't always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.

  Bear Grylls

  Rewards In Life, Lessons, Hell

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• America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.

  Larry Elder

  Government, Practice, America

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• The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more fluid organizations.

  Esther Dyson

  Government, Self, Organization

  "Lots of action on the Net -- but not much change" by Stewart Deck, cnn.com. May 28, 1998.

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• The voters reward good performance. So, I'm going to go out and focus, if I become the governor, to do the very best job I can as governor. The rest of it will take care of itself.

  Dave Heineman

  Jobs, Best Job, Focus

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• The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is.

  Meryl Streep

  Challenging Work, Funny Graduation, Challenges

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• In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.

  Perry Como

  Real, Years, Way

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• Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted children; their reward is to be denied the right to marry. Go figure.

  Richard Posner

  Children, Couple, Drunk

  "Hero Federal Appeals Judge Burns Down the Case Against Gay Marriage" by Michelle Dean, gawker.com. September 5, 2014.

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• To help others to develop and succeed in life is a reward itself and only has value when nothing is expected in return.

  Choi Hong Hi

  Art, Helping Others, Return

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• It is necessary for all of us to awaken in ourselves this spirit of cooperation, for then it will not be a mere plan or agreement which causes us to work together, but an extraordinary feeling of togetherness, the sense of joy in being and doing together without any thought of reward or punishment.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Spiritual, Agreement, Punishment

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1970). “Think on these things”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Life, Self Esteem, Opposites

  Nathaniel Branden (2001). “The Psychology of Self-Esteem: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Understanding that Launched a New Era in Modern Psychology”, Jossey-Bass

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• Those who staying with the wrong reward,(eg. stay in comfort zone, etc.), long enough will get problem.

  Albert Einstein

  Long, Comfort, Etc

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• There is nothing divine about morality; it is a purely human affair. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. What the individual can do is to give a fine example, and to have the courage to uphold ethical values .. in a society of cynics.

  Albert Einstein

  Sorry, Punishment, People

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• I think someone should design exercise machines that reward people with sex at the end of their workouts, because people will perform superhuman feats for even the faint hope of that.

  Tina Fey

  Funny, Workout, Sex

  Tina Fey (2011). “Bossypants”, p.37, Hachette UK

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• That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.

  Teresa of Avila

  Mean, Saint, Majesty

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• We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it is easy to find ourselves aiming for the result rather than the cause. Let us aim for joy, rather than respectability. Let us make fools of ourselves from time to time, and thus see ourselves, for a moment, as the all-wise God sees us.

  Philip Neri

  Wise, Self, Joy

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• I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.

  William Dean Howells

  Happiness, Appreciation, Cheer

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• There is no inconsistency in saying that God rewards good works, provided we understand that nevertheless men obtain eternal life gratuitously.

  John Calvin

  Men, Good Work, Eternal Life

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• The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God.

  Rumi

  Life, Light, Devotion To God

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• Love is a command to rise to one's highest potential, the best and noblest vision of ourselves. Love is a reward, the greatest we can earn, granted to us for the moral qualities we have achieved in our lives.

  Helen Mirren

  Inspirational, Love Is, Self Love

  "Fictional character: Ayn Rand". "The Passion of Ayn Rand", www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Love Life, Best Husband, Four Agreements

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• Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it.

  Aidan Quinn

  Nice, Life Is Hard, Hard Life

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