#reward

Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction. ↗

— Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

#punishment #reward #sanction #sleep #some

By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

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Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#effects #good #leaves #love #loved

The reward of eternal life requires effort. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#eternal #eternal life #life #requires #reward

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

#former #history #latter #majority #objectives

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue. ↗

— John Henry Newman

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An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

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A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace. ↗

— Suze Orman

#balance #correct #courage #generosity #grace

At this stage, what would be rewarding would be for audiences to want to watch. ↗

— Sean Penn

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He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end. ↗

— William Penn

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