Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.

It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

I don't play for recognition.

In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward.

The profit on a good action is to have done it.

Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.

Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake.

The reward of a good deed is in having done it.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

The act of contributing to the lives of others is its own reward. A servant's heart is a greater motivator than financial gain.

Salvation never will come through hope of reward.

You should never do something kind in hopes of recognition. Do it because its right. Do it because it makes you feel good.

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others; this is true morality.

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.

It’s not about making money for themselves or the company, but making a difference in the lives of others.

Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward

Find something to do that you love because then the work itself is always the reward not the recompense. And if you love what you're doing you probably do better at it than doing something you don't love and therefore you'll be compensated appropriately.

Only the action that is moved by love for the good at hand has the hope of being responsible and generous.

Whatever good you would do out of fear of punishment, or hope of reward hereafter, the Atheist would do simply because it is good; and being so, he would receive the far surer and more certain reward, springing from well-doing, which would constitute his pleasure, and promote his happiness.

You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.

No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action, but the consciousness of having served his nation.

I don't do anything for the money.

I never did a right thing or abstained from a wrong one from any consideration of reward or punishment.