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Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is read more
Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.
The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.
It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a read more
It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he read more
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more
Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
