Effort and Reward Quotes

Be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.

The hope of reward is the solace of labor.

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable.

If we do our best, God will do the rest.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

How shall I sum up my life? I think I've been particularly lucky. Does that have something to do with faith also? I know my mother always used to say, 'Good things aren't supposed to just fall in your lap. God is very generous, but he expects you to do your part first.' So you have to make that effort. But at the end of a bad time or a huge effort, I've always had - how shall I say it? - the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.

That which comes easily departs easily. That which comes of struggle remains.

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

Men will get no more out of life than they put into it.

Life responds to deserve and not to need. It doesn't say,"If you need,you will reap." It says,"If you plant you will reap."The guys says,"I really need to reap."Then you really need to plant.

The day you realize that your efforts and rewards are not related, it really frees up your calendar.

Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.

BUSINESS and LIFE are like a bank account-you can't take out more than you put in.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed.

Never is work without reward, or reward without work.

Virtue's guard is labor; ease, her sleep.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of chance.

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

Some guys practice like all-Americans but they can't play!