Reward Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old reward quotes, reward sayings, and reward proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy. Ralph Ransom
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. Jonas Salk
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work. Elbert Hubbard
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. John Ruskin
This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal. Joshua Chamberlain
The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough? William Morris
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead. Jules Renard
The big rewards come to those who travel the second, undemanded mile. Bruce Barton
There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.  Richard Bach
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. Rita Mae Brown
To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
You don't reward reaction; you reward results. Edwin Louis Cole
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. Cyril Connolly
The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes. William Feather
The reward of pain is experience. Aeschylus
A reward once given becomes a right. Frederick Herzberg
There's no reward in life without risk. Barry Farber
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure. Sophocles
The hope of reward is the solace of labor. Publilius Syrus
The final reward of the dead - to die no more. Friedrich Nietzsche
Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education. Chuang Tzu 
Every kind of reward constitutes a degradation of energy. Simone Weil
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn. Jim Morrison
The greatest rewards come only from the greatest commitment. Arlene Blum
The reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become. Paulo Coelho
You can best reward a liar by believing nothing of what he says. Aristippus
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action. Marcus Tullius Cicero
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. George Eliot
The tougher the job, the greater the reward. George Allen, Sr.
To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with. Diane Lane