Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
Becoming an Olympian is the ultimate reward for any athlete.
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.
Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal.
I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.
I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.