Moral Reward Quotes

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

Who sows virtue ought to reap honour.

Now virtue may not always be its own reward, but in any case it is not usually bought and paid for at market rates.

Virtue does not truly reward her votary if she leaves him sad and half doubtful whether it would not have been better to serve vice.

Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good.

Integrity, honesty, and honor may not give immediate rewards or gratification, and they can be life-threatening (for example, being a whistle-blower or turning state's evidence). The absence of integrity, honesty, and honor do not always bring punishment or scorn, and can be life-aggrandizing (connivers and cheats often gain power and wealth). Therefore, morality must be its own reward.

If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue.

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.

Life is the reward of virtue. And happiness is the goal and reward of life.

In the struggle for justice the only reward is the opportunity to be in the struggle.

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

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.

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

Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.

To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.

Happiness cannot be the reward of virtue; it must be the intelligible consequence of it.

Sincerely to aspire after virtue, is to gain her; and zealously to labour after her wages, is to receive them.

God discovers the martyr and confessor without the trial of flames and tortures, and will hereafter entitle many to the reward of actions which they had never the opportunity of performing.