105 Self Reward Quotes to Help You Foster Personal Growth & Success

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Famous Rewards Quotes

Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you. — Clare of Assisi

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. — Saint Augustine

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. — Doug Larson

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan

It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal. - Vladimir Putin

It's better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal. — Vladimir Putin

True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. — Frederick Herzberg

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. - Robert Green Ingersoll

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. — Robert Green Ingersoll

The journey is the reward. - Chinese Proverbs

The journey is the reward. — Chinese Proverbs

Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise. — J. R. D. Tata

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared. — Sonia Sotomayor

Short Rewards Quotes

  • Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd preferred to talk. — Doug Larson
  • The only reward of virtue is virtue the only way to have a friend is to be one. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Your rewards in life are determined by the kinds of problems you are willing to solve for someone. — Mike Murdock
  • Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his. — Billy Sunday
  • If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think. — Oprah Winfrey
  • I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. — Rita Mae Brown
  • There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head! — John Hancock
  • After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so. — Adam Gopnik
  • The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. — John Ruskin
  • To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward. — Ramakrishna

Rewards Image Quotes

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. - Napoleon Hill quote

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

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. - Jim Rohn quote

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. — Jim Rohn

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. - Wilma Rudolph quote

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. — Wilma Rudolph

If the risk is high, the reward is high... Why not roll the dice? - Tyron Woodley quote

If the risk is high, the reward is high... Why not roll the dice? — Tyron Woodley

If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello. - Paulo Coelho quote

If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello. — Paulo Coelho

One who directs to good is rewarded similar to the doer of good. - Ibn Majah quote

One who directs to good is rewarded similar to the doer of good. — Ibn Majah

Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding of occupations. - Frederick Sanger quote

Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding of occupations. — Frederick Sanger

Rewards quote If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

Is Its Own Reward Quotes

It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward. — Gene Roddenberry

If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward. — Sting

Vice is its own reward. — Quentin Crisp

Rewards quote If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

The method of producing comics in Japan is very hectic, but it's also rewarding because it's possible to do both the story and art all by yourself. In this way, it's possibly to bring out one's individuality. If this idea appeals to you, I call on you to try drawing your own manga. — Akira Toriyama

The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit. — Malcolm Gladwell

Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting. — Robert Bunsen

Rewards quote Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.
Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. — Laura Schlessinger

Everyone has their own sound, and if you're heard enough, folks will come to recognize it. Style however, is a different thing. Try to express your own ideas. It's much more difficult to do, but the rewards are there if you're good enough to pull it off. — Chet Atkins

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. — Thomas Merton

Standing near someone you love in a time of trouble is its own reward. — Paul David Tripp

Getting Reward Quotes

Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding. — Jason Statham

Punishment only gets short term obedience. Praise gets long term loyalty. — Alex Hormozi

Learn to go first. Introduce yourself. Ask them out. Host the event. Voice an idea. Tell people what you want. You’ll face more rejections when things go wrong, but you’ll get all of the credit when things go right. The world rewards those who go first because so few people do. — Mark Manson

Rewards quote Carry out a randon act of kindness, with no expectations of reward, safe in the knowledge that one d
Carry out a randon act of kindness, with no expectations of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

It is the anticipation of a reward - not the fulfillment of it - that gets us to take action. — James Clear

Our corporate executives speculate with their shareholders’ assets because they get big personal rewards when they win—and even if they lose, they are often bailed out with public funds by obedient politicians. We privatize profit and socialize risk. — Edward O. Thorp

The best story wins. Not the best idea, or the right idea, or the most rational idea. Just whoever tells a story that catches people’s attention and gets them to nod their heads is the one who tends to be rewarded. — Morgan Housel

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. - Diogenes

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. — Diogenes

the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become - Paulo Coelho

the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become — Paulo Coelho

I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success. — Mary Berry

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good. — Mariska Hargitay

Self Rewarding Quotes

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed — Ayn Rand

School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves. — Naval Ravikant

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation. — Homer Rice

Rewards quote If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.
If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.

Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self. — Dogen

The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. — Laura Schlessinger

To preserve an unclouded capacity for the enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and psychological achievement. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness, but the exact opposite: It is the reward of self-esteem. — Nathaniel Branden

Rewards quote I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.
I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.

Negative emotions are a call to action. When you feel them, it’s because you’re supposed to do something. Positive emotions, on the other hand, are rewards for taking the proper action. — Mark Manson

Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will. — Bruce Lee

It is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives. — Jim Rohn

Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible. — Bruce Lee

Self-value Quotes

We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people. — Joyce Meyer

Integrity is the value we set on ourselves. It is a fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. An honorable man or woman will personally commit to live up to certain self-imposed expectations. They need no outside check or control. They are honorable in their inner core. — James E. Faust

Self-actualizing people are those who have come to a high level of maturation, health and self-fulfillment... the values that self-actualizers appreciate include truth, creativity, beauty, goodness, wholeness, aliveness, uniqueness, justice, simplicity, and self-sufficiency. — Abraham Maslow

Rewards quote Don't be afraid to take on big challenges They give the best rewards.
Don't be afraid to take on big challenges They give the best rewards.

Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person. — Mark M. Ford

Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless. — Rickson Gracie

You are bigger than everything you own. You are more precious than everything you possess. You are more important than everything that has come into your life. — Mahatria Ra

Rewards quote Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in
Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing.

Make decisions that your 80-year old self and 10-year-old self approve of. The former cares about the long-term compounding of actions, while the latter reminds you to have some fun along the way. — Sahil Bloom

Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service. — Michael E. DeBakey

No one is going to value you more than you value yourself. — Naval Ravikant

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions. — Nathaniel Branden

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More Rewards Quotes

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. — Og Mandino

O my God, teach me to be generous to serve you as you deserve to be served to give without counting the cost to fight without fear of being wounded to work without seeking rest and to spend myself without expecting any reward but the knowledge that I am doing your holy will. Amen — Ignatius of Loyola

October 6, 1774 I met those of our society who had votes in the ensuing election, and advised them 1. To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy 2. To speak no evil of the person they voted against, and 3. To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those that voted on the other side. — John Wesley

Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward. — Dorothy Day

Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives - does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve. — Sivananda

Tennis can be a very frustrating sport. There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in the hours because there is always something you can improve. [Y]ou have to put in a lot of sacrifice and effort for sometimes little reward but you have to know that, if you put in the right effort, the reward will come. — Roger Federer

When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns its back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe. — Frederic Bastiat

When I observe myself and find that I am generating anger, ill will, or animosity, I realize that I am the first victim of the hatred or animosity I am generating within myself. Only afterwards do I start harming others. And if I am free from these negativities, nature or God Almighty starts rewarding me: I feel so peaceful. — S. N. Goenka

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss. — Lee Iacocca

Teach us, Good Lord, to give and not count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward save that of knowing that we do thy will. — Ignatius of Loyola

Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward. — Lewis Howard Latimer

Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable. — Emmanuel Levinas

If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness. — Ali ibn Abi Talib

Live each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. So climb slowly, enjoying each passing moment; and then the view from the summit will serve a more rewarding climax for your journey. — Fulton J. Sheen

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. — Princess of Wales Diana

I feel like relationships are a beautiful thing, period. Relationships can be really beautiful, they can be really hard, they can be really rewarding, or they can be bad relationships where it's really detrimental and hurtful, but that's life, period. — J. Cole

Radical obedience to Christ is not easy... It's not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us. — David Platt

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever. — Horace Mann

In Conclusion

Why should you read quotes about self reward? Because they can fuel your motivation and boost your self-value. They remind us that getting a reward doesn't always have to come from outside sources. We can, and should, reward ourselves for our victories. So, let these quotes tentang self reward guide you towards a more self-rewarding life. They are not just words, they are a tool for fostering self-appreciation and self-growth. After all, isn't the greatest reward the one you give to yourself?

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