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• Atheists would teach men to be moral now, not because God offers as an inducement reward by and by, but because in the virtuous act itself immediate good is insured to the doer and the circle surrounding him.

  Charles Bradlaugh

  Atheist, Men, Circles

  Charles Bradlaugh (1875). “A Few Words About the Devil: And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays”, p.227, Library of Alexandria

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• People who believe in a divine creator, trying to live their lives in obedience to his supposed wishes and in expectation of a supposed eternal reward, are victims of the greatest confidence trick of all time.

  Barbara Smoker

  Believe, People, Expectations

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• Like a garden that is carefully tended, the rewards are well worth the effort.

  Anodea Judith

  Garden, Effort, Wells

  Anodea Judith (2011). “Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self”, p.281, Celestial Arts

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• It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness of a natural mother who desires above all things to be aware of the final reward of her efforts, whose ambition is to be present, in full possession of her senses, when the infant she already adores greets her with its first loud cry and the soft touch of its restless body upon her limbs.

  Grantly Dick-Read

  Mother, Ambition, Agony

  Grantly Dick-Read (2006). “Childbirth Without Fear”, p.274, Pollinger in Print

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• The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.

  Susan RoAne

  People, Risk, Ego

  Susan RoAne (1989). “How to Work a Room: Learn the Strategies of Savvy Socializing - for Business and Personal Success”, p.190, SP Books

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• Most people only work enough so that it feels like work, whereas successful people work at a pace that gets such satisfying results that work is a reward. Truly successful people don’t even call it work; for them, it’s a passion. Why? Because they do enough to win!

  Grant Cardone

  Passion, Successful, Winning

  FaceBook post by Grant Cardone from May 03, 2016

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• Virtue is not an end in itself. Virtue is not its own reward or sacrificial fodder for the reward of evil. Life is the reward of virtue-and happiness is the goal and the reward of life.

  Ayn Rand

  Evil, Goal, Life Is

  Ayn Rand (2005). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.964, Penguin

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• I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions.

  Warren Buffett

  Teacher, Fate, Long

  "Zuckerberg, Gates, Buffett and the Triumph of Competitive Philanthropy". www.washingtonpost.com. December 02, 2015.

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• If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. [...] But that's not happening here. You've got an incentive designed to sharpen thinking and accelerate creativity, and it does just the opposite. It dulls thinking and blocks creativity.

  Daniel H. Pink

  Motivation, Block, Inspiration

  "The puzzle of motivation". TED Talks, www.ted.com. July 2009.

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• When you train your employees to be risk averse, then you're preparing your whole company to be reward challenged.

  Morgan Spurlock

  Motivation, Inspiration, Risk

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• There's no perfect relationship. All relationships are work. If you put in the work, you'll reap the rewards.

  Jesse Metcalfe

  Relationship, Perfect, Advice

  "Exclusive! Jesse Metcalfe Shares His Happy Relationship Secrets". Interview with Gerri Miller, www.yourtango.com. August 7, 2013.

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• Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.

  James J. Corbett

  Writing, Truth Is, Glory

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• Bigger the risk, bigger the reward. But the higher the climb the harder the fall.

  Greyson Chance

  Fall, Risk, Bigger

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• Every event has a purpose and every setback a lesson. Failure 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 it is.

  Robin S

  Teacher, Regret, Past

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• The reward of child rearing is spending the rest of your life proudly knowing this person you helped guide. Let him be himself.

  Mike Sager

  Children, Knowing, Rest Of Your Life

  "Teens" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. June 08, 2012.

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• I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.

  Mary Doria Russell

  Punishment, Heaven, Acting

  Mary Doria Russell (1996). “The Sparrow”, Random House

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• Nature is an old lady with few friends these days, and those who wish to make use of her charms, she rewards passionately.

  Tim Krabbe

  Wish, Use, Few Friends

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• We don't honor just to get a reward; we honor because it is the heart of God, and it is our delight.

  John Bevere

  Heart, Honor, Delight

  Twitter post from Sep 09, 2014

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• I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places … In the most unlikely places I will bless your efforts and reward your perseverance with small indications of your victory.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Perseverance, Secret Places, Giving

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• There is not eternal damnation, the only rewards and punishments are right here in this world.

  Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

  Punishment, Damnation, World

  Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1989). “The Madman and the Nun & The Crazy Locomotive: Three Plays, Including The Water Hen”, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• The big rewards come to those who travel
  the second, undemanded mile.

  Bruce Barton

  Bigs, Miles

  Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”

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• Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you are well educated you have already been socialized in ways that support the power structure, which, in turn, rewards you immensely.

  Noam Chomsky

  School, Independent, Creating

  Noam Chomsky (2004). “Chomsky on Mis-Education”, p.16, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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• I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.

  George Washington

  Brave, Merit, Study

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “(v. 2) Comprising official letters relating to the French War, and private letters before the American Revolution”, p.124

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• Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.

  Epictetus

  Good Life, Practice, Goodness

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• Making the most of your life is unusual. That's why you need to develop unusual habits to earn outstanding rewards.

  Jim Rohn

  Needs, Life Is, Unusual

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