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“The only thing that matters, my goal, my reward, my beginning, my end is the work itself. My work done my way.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“God gave the day, God gave the strength. And the day and the strength were consecrated to labor, and that labor was its own reward.” Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour.” Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
“Answering to this, all religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the head or understanding.” Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation
“I answer that, Man has free-will: otherwise counsels, exhortations, commands, prohibitions, rewards, and punishments would be in vain.” Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
“In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.” Aesop, Aesop's Fables
“In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.” Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“For the worthy there are many rewards on God's earth, but God has specially reserved love for the unworthy.” Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World
“For it is a true rule, that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque, or with an inward and secret contempt.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.” Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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