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• A morality that holds need as a claim, holds emptiness-non-existence-as its standard of value; it rewards an absence, a defect: weakness, inability, incompetence, suffering, disease, disaster, the lack, the fault, the flaw-the zero.

  Ayn Rand

  Zero, Suffering, Weakness

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.32, Penguin

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• If there existed only one man or woman who did not love the Saviour, and if that person lived among the wilds of Siberia, and if it were necessary that all the millions of believers on the face of the earth should journey there, and every one of them plead with him to come to Jesus before he could be converted, it would be well worth all the zeal, labour, and expense. If we had to preach to thousands year after year, and never rescued but one soul, that one soul would be full reward for all our labour, for a soul is of countless price.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Journey, Men

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• Laughter, ridicule, opposition, persecution, are often the only reward which Christ's followers get from the world.

  J. C. Ryle

  Laughter, Followers, World

  "Bible Commentary - The Gospel of John".

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• Let us remember, there is One who daily records all we do for Him, and sees more beauty in His servants' work than His servants do themselves... And then shall His faithful witnesses discover, to their wonder and surprise, that there never was a word spoken on their Master's behalf, which does not receive a reward.

  J. C. Ryle

  Faithful, Doe, Records

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of Matthew”, p.97, Editora Dracaena

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• Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self.

  Dogen

  Thinking, Attachment, Self

  "Things Overheard at the Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma". Book by Dogen translated by Reiho Masunaga, June 1975.

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• The main reason to measure objectives is not so much to reward or punish individual communications manager for success or failure as it is to learn from the research whether a program should be continued as is, revised, or dropped in favor of another approach

  James E. Grunig

  Communication, Research, Favors

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• Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.

  Carlos Slim

  Yield, Optimism, Patient

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• In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it

  Marcus Buckingham

  People, Trying, Matter

  Twitter post from Jun 18, 2014

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• You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care. If you do what other successful people do, you will enjoy the same results and rewards that they do. And if you don't, you won't.

  Brian Tracy

  Successful, People, Care

  Brian Tracy (2004). “Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals”, p.58, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path.

  Julia Cameron

  Frustration, Artistic Life, Done

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.21, Souvenir Press

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• When I knew I couldn't suffer another moment of pain, and tears fell on my bloody bindings, my mother spoke softly into my ear, encouraging me to go one more hour, one more day, one more week, reminding me of the rewards I would have if I carried on a little longer. In this way, she taught me how to endure — not just the physical trials of footbinding and childbearing but the more torturous pain of the heart, mind, and soul.

  Lisa See

  Mother, Pain, Heart

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• Rather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.

  Charles Duhigg

  Routine, Habit, Insert

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• Then one day, we’ll put the reward in the old place, and put in the rat, and, by golloy, the old habit will rememerge right away. habits never really disappear. They’re encoded into the sturctures of our brain, and that’s a huge advantage for us, because it would be awful if we had to relearn how to drive after every vacation. The problem is that your brain can’t tell the difference between bad and good habits, and so if you have a bad one, it’s always lurking there, waiting for the right cues and rewards.

  Charles Duhigg

  Vacation, Old Habits, Differences

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• But countless studies have shown that a cue and a reward, on their own, aren't enough for a new habit to last. Only when your brain starts expecting the reward--craving the endorphins or sense of accomplishment--will it become automatic to lace up your jogging shoes each morning. The cue, in addition to triggering a routine, must also trigger a craving for the reward to come.

  Charles Duhigg

  Morning, Shoes, Accomplishment

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• However, to modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consiously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that drive the habits' routines, and find alternatives. You must know you have control and be self-conscious enough to use it -- and every chapter in this book is devoted to illustrating a different aspect of why that control is real.

  Charles Duhigg

  Real, Book, Hard Work

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• What we know from lab studies is that it's never too late to break a habit. Habits are malleable throughout your entire life. But we also know that the best way to change a habit is to understand its structure - that once you tell people about the cue and the reward and you force them to recognize what those factors are in a behavior, it becomes much, much easier to change.

  Charles Duhigg

  People, Too Late, Labs

  "How to Turn Drinking from One of Life’s Pleasures to a Habit in Three Easy Steps" by Leah Odze Epstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2012.

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• Wealth for its own sake is an empty shell. Wealth that includes making other people's lives better will reward you even more than the beautiful mansion you live in.

  Gene Simmons

  Inspirational, Beautiful, People

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• If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they strew in their tracks; and how, while they marched on with tread of iron and plumes proudly tossing in the breeze, some one must follow closely in their steps, crouching to the earth, toiling in the rain and darkness, shelterless themselves, with no thought of pride or glory, fame or praise, or reward; hearts breaking with pity, faces bathed in tears and hands in blood. This is the side which history never shows.

  Clara Barton

  War, Rain, Heart

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• Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon learns that we pay as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats.

  Tom Robbins

  Views, Punishment, Triumph

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.192, Bantam

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• In life, there's the beginning and the end. The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between – whether you're prepared to do what it takes to make change. There has to be physical and material sacrifice. When all the dust settles and we're getting ready to play down for the ninth inning, the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.

  John Carlos

  Jobs, Sacrifice, Dust

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• It takes a great deal of courage and independence to decide to design your own image instead of the one that society rewards, but it gets easier as you go along.

  Germaine Greer

  Design, Independence, Easier

  Germaine Greer (1972). “The female eunuch”

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• In the annals of science fiction, where dystopias rule the imaginative roost, Star Trek stood nearly alone in telling us that our future would be better than our past, that our common problems would be solved, that we, as a species, were fundamentally good, and that the universe would reward us for our goodness.

  Charles Shaar Murray

  Stars, Past, Would Be

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• All that I do and suffer is but the way to the reward, and not the deserving thereof.

  William Tyndale

  Suffering, Way, Deserving

  William Tyndale, John Frith (1831). “The works of Tyndale”, p.43

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• Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.

  Robin Sharma

  Spiritual, Teacher, Regret

  Robin Sharma (2003). “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny”, p.21, Jaico Publishing House

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• I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading.

  John M. Ford

  Giving Up, Book, Reading

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