Character Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“We can be enthused by—yes, that’s right, enthused—by the noblest of ideals, but only on condition that we don’t have to expend any effort,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Virtue its own reward? Alas! And what a poor one as a rule! Be virtuous and life will pass Like one long term of…

— Harry Graham

We earn what we get - most of us - and, sweet heaven help us! we get it. God does not always pay on…

— Louise Jordan Miln

“If you seek money, be wise; if you seek power, be strong; if you seek honor, be virtuous; if you seek happiness, be yourself.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.

— Samuel Adams

Definitely I want to be rewarded for my craft and take care of my family 'cause at the end of the day that's what…

— Sean Price

I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you…

— Hugh Laurie

You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we…

— Benjamin Franklin

I testify to you that God's pay is the best pay that this world or any other world knows anything about.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

— John Vanbrugh

“which is another way of saying that people will pay good money to avoid the demands of virtue”

— Stefan Molyneux

Whoever devotedly undertakes and performs this most holy journey... shall have the enjoyment of eternal reward from the repayer of all men.

— Pope Eugene III