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Quotations regarding 'Reward'

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Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries.
Richard V. Allen, American Public Servant
The tougher the job, the greater the reward.
George Allen, Sr., American Coach (1918-1990)
The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.
Colleen Atwood, American Designer
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
Saint Augustine, Saint (354-430)
God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.
Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint (1515-1582)
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage, English Mathematician (1792-1871)
Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.
Richard Bach, American Novelist (1936-  )
Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.
Anne Bancroft, American Actress (1931-2005)
Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.
Isaac Barrow, English Mathematician
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.
Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer (1908-1986)
The reward is every night. The 90 minutes is such a payoff for us every night; it makes it all worth it to us. The fans who come to the shows know how much we enjoy this.
Gerry Beckley, American Musician (1952-  )
A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.
William Bennett, American Politician (1943-  )
Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize - once it's passed - that, A, it does take care of preexisting conditions; B, you're insurance rates aren't going to skyrocket; C, the insurance companies aren't going to be running the show like they were before; D, you're going to be in a position where you can keep your insurance that you have. That once the American public realizes that, you're going to get a reward for this. They're going to be rewarded.
Joe Biden, American Vice President (1942-  )
You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that.
Kathryn Bigelow, American Director (1952-  )
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
Bodhidharma, Indian Leader
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
Victor Borge, American Musician (1909-2000)
An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.
Robert Bork, American Public Servant (1927-  )
Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.
Brandon Boyd, American Musician (1976-  )
There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.
Vera Brittain, English Writer (1893-1970)
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
Rita Mae Brown, American Writer (1944-  )
 
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