In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—there are consequences.

—R. D. Ingersoll

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More quotations tagged with “reward”

Working hard feels good. Of course it's exhausting and stressful and causes you to miss a party or two, but at the end of the day it is so rewarding. One of the best feelings in the world is when you know that luck didn't play a role in your success. Doing work eliminates the need for luck.

—Lilly Singh in How to Be a Bawse

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There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

—Kahlil Gibran

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

—Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

—Napoleon Hill

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Love is love's reward.

History

23 Nov 2014 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.