#rewards

There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built. ↗

— Richard Ford

#apparent #attractive #become #blueprint #building

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout? ↗

— Milton Friedman

#appointed #basis #choose #clout #communist

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading. ↗

— John M. Ford

#book #certainly #completely #disposable #giving

The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#different #rewards #very

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure. ↗

— Sophocles

#alone #rewards #secure #virtue

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. ↗

— Paul Bryant

#believe in yourself #dedication #high #never #never quit

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards. ↗

— Giacomo Leopardi

#away #death #desire #desires #evil

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

We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#earn #exact #idly #justly #our

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