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.

You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.

You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.