Accompany Quote by Michel de Montaigne

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

— Michel de Montaigne

There is no virtue which does not rejoice a well-descended nature; there is a kind of I know not what congratulation in well-doing, that…

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— John Vanbrugh

The reward of a good deed is in having done it.

— Elbert Hubbard

“The very joyful thing about seeing ourselves and life from a place of gratitude instead of entitlement— is that this way of breathing allows…

— C. JoyBell C

The gratification comes, for me, in the doing of it. And once I've done it, I can't do anything about it if it's good…

— Cicely Tyson

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.

— Albert Schweitzer

As to the lawful pleasures of the mind, the heart, or the senses, indulge in them with gratitude and moderation, drawing up sometimes in…

— Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for…

— Marcus Aurelius

There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is…

— Joseph Addison

“Prefer enduring satisfaction to immediate gratification.”

— Epictetus

Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is to duty;…

— Madame de Stael