Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.

if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

Here's something we're rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent.

To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.

Love is not popular. Not noble. . . not love, no reward. Trust love. Is not love. Trust yourself.

To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.

Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.

I'm trying to be really synced. It goes back to the idea that, ultimately, the reward is the work.

I do assume that a character or a place is inexhaustible and will always reward further attention.

It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward.

Order - the accurate arrangement of things - increases productivity. Productivity decides rewards.

As weird and awful and terrible as it may seem to be yourself sometimes, it will always reward you.

The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

Your rewards will be determined by the extent of your contribution, that is your service to others.

The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him.

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.

You shouldn't reward me for endangering your life, you know. Think of the precedent you're setting.

It's customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.

Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.

In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it

When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.

Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

Happy are they who freely mingle prayer and toil till God responds to the one and rewards the other.

The day you realize that your efforts and rewards are not related, it really frees up your calendar.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

Income from property is not the reward of waiting, it is the reward of employing a good stockbroker.

I love that synergy between being entertainers and having people respond. There’s no greater reward.

The Lord has promised great rewards for those who reach out to strengthen their brothers and sisters.

We all learned how to walk and talk by interacting with our environment, with real goals and rewards.

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.

That's another flaw with performance-based rewards: They are easy for one of your competitors to top.

You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

People do what their society rewards them to do. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting

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

If you ever have to sacrifice something good, have faith that God will reward you with something GREAT

Christ offers us the incredible opportunity to trade temporary goods and currency for eternal rewards.

There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.

I'll always thank the Lord when my working day is through, I get my sweet reward to be alone with you.

To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.

For innovators who find safe and workable solutions to global warming, the rewards will be staggering.

All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love -- and most of all, an audience!

I never did a right thing or abstained from a wrong one from any consideration of reward or punishment.

Birthdays are a reward for having shown up 365 days in a row. It's like getting a badge for attendance.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

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