#rewards

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality. ↗

— Benjamin Jowett

#cost #diminution #personality #rewards #society

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards. ↗

— George Farquhar

#like #own #rewards #their #virtues

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#children #done #ever #father #given

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

A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes. ↗

— Burt Lancaster

#confide #like #mother #punishes #rewards

The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#before #believers #came #contain #david

One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like. ↗

— Sting

#freedom #like #rewards #success #success is

America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to. ↗

— Larry Elder

#america #call #capitalism #consequences #failure

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#certain #certain degree #degree #exchange #giving

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield. ↗

— Melissa Gilbert

#daughter #examples #four #frustrations #god