#reward

The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#assault #capitalism #children #comfortable #conviction

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up. ↗

— Bill Moyers

#benefits #corporate #cuts #democracy #direction

I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment. ↗

— Gale Norton

#environment #environmentalism #figure #greatest #greatest challenge

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#capitalist #capitalist society #create #eisner #given

It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. ↗

— Phil Ochs

#expect #itself #reward #struggle #struggles

The efforts you make will surely be rewarded. If not, then you are simply not ready to call them efforts. ↗

— Sadaharu Oh

#efforts #make #ready #rewarded #simply

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#attachment #done #end #expectation #fear

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#character #integrity #more #much #own

I've never gotten up to see something one of my kids wanted to show me and not been rewarded. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#gotten #i #kids #me #never

Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#education #individuals #into #lift #out