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Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.
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 that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the read more
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
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.
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)
Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved read more
Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise.
Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise.
