George Washington Quotes

Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.

May Honor be given to whom Honor may be due.

The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

Merit rarely goes unrewarded.

Man, he deserves a hero cookie. (Selena)

Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.

Merit, God knows, is very little rewarded.

I love awards, especially if I get them.

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.

I think anyone who gets the Nobel Prize has to be a little bit embarrassed to be picked out when there have been so many people who have contributed.

If you can't reward, then you should thank.

Am I going to get any credit if I name him?

I am glad to have the public know that I appreciated services of those who work in politics and feel an interest in seeing them rewarded.

I think there's no one out there more deserving of a title shot than me.

I don't think it's a bad thing at all to get recognized for things that you've done on the field.

There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.

Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.

A good dog deserves a good bone.

It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.

I, personally, would be shocked if we went to the end of the tape now and I didn't have at least one... Look, even if I don't get one directly, eventually they're just going to have to give me one when I get old. So no matter how you slice it, I'm getting one.

If merit is not recognised, still it is merit, and it ought to be honoured as such; but if it is rewarded, it becomes valuable in the eyes of all, and everybody is encouraged to pursue that course in which merit obtains its due reward.

Our praises are our wages.

Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person.