Male philosophers coin phrases -- 'virtue is its own reward' -- and female workers embody them. — Mary Jo Weaver Copy Share Image
Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. — John Vanbrugh 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
Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
“ “Virtue is its own reward.But then, the same could be said for sin.” —The Dowager Marchioness of Wallingham to the Countess… — Elisa Braden Copy Share Image
Virtue is not an end in itself. Virtue is not its own reward or sacrificial fodder for the reward of evil. Life… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Virtue is its own reward. We only invented concepts like heaven and hell to describe how we feel. We don't feel good… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Virtue its own reward? Alas! And what a poor one as a rule! Be virtuous and life will pass Like one long… — Harry Graham Copy Share Image
Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself. — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
We know that the exercise of virtue should be its own reward, and it seems to follow that the enduring of it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it. Like love, it can come… — Stephen Birmingham Copy Share Image
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
If God permits virtue to be persecuted on earth, it is not for us to question his intentions. It may be that… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean… — Fatty Arbuckle Copy Share Image
“Yet in its life, for eight hundred years, virtue alone, that one word, has illuminated and explained something of what we think… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Those who are standing by are usually thinking of something very… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
