If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man becomes humble,… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
A good character is, in all cases, the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created… — Josiah Johnson Hawes Copy Share Image
Seek no praise, no reward, for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action than we begin to desire… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
There is no inconsistency in saying that God rewards good works, provided we understand that nevertheless men obtain eternal life gratuitously. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments,… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
If joy and peace and rewards were instantaneously given the doer of good, there would be no evil-all would do good but… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
God Most High has said, "Is the reward of virtue aught save virtue?" . . . Know, O man, that the covenant… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
But, those who did good to Allah and the people, Allah will give them reward by bestowing upon them His grace. — Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Copy Share Image
I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of those 20 years. — Gene Tierney Copy Share Image
Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not going to be accomplished without a great… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Every time we choose action over ease or labor over rest, we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect and self-confidence. In… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end. — Eric Church Copy Share Image
It wasn't the reward that mattered or the recognition you might harvest. It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service,… — Scott O'Grady Copy Share Image
The cosmos doesn’t measure sweat and hours for reward. The cosmos deals in the currencies of joy and satisfaction. — Danielle LaPorte Copy Share Image