The only reward in a public life is public progress. You stand back and say, 'What did I get out of it?' You look around, and the place is better, and that's it.
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The only reward in a public life is public progress. You stand back and say, 'What did I get out of it?' You look around, and the place is better, and that's it.
Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God's work everywhere will be your reward.
If you are coaching kids, the smile on a kid when he does the right thing, when he puts the ball in the net, that's the reward right there.
There's no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student's achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers. But here's what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents. Parents more focused on their children's education can also make a huge difference in a student's achievement.
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
Some people do really find fault like there's a reward for it.
I will never say something I don't agree with or believe in... even if the reward is massive!
It's sort of good to see your vocation as a daily task and have fairly modest expectations for financial or reward in other coin - glory, love, whatever.
I have an odd theory on happiness, and it bothers people. My general theory is that happiness is a reward for an animal doing what it should be doing. So if a horse runs, it feels happy. Or if you are too thin, you can't be happy, because evolution wants you to be tense and anxious, trying to wake up in the morning looking for food.
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
It's one thing for a father to say, 'Oh, my son is great.' But to have others say it - that's the true reward. Robbie's one of the smartest people I know. He's made such fantastic movies.
One of the biggest ways we don't support ourselves is by not asking for support. Asking can take courage, but the reward is immense.
Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.
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