Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies.

Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies.

The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose read more

The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. (Ruth 2:12)

Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is read more

Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a read more

It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.