Quotes about Reward

I believe God's keeping the records and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life; somehow, some way God will make it up to you.

One of the trials of life is that we do not usually receive immediately the full blessing for righteousness or the full cursing for wickedness.

Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life.

The laborer is worthy of his hire.

The tassel's worth the hassle!

Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness.

Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

A living dog is better than a dead lion.For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

The Lord reward him according to his works.

I've done everything for the wrong reasons. All the good works people credit to me are nothing because I did them expecting God to repay me. I thought if I worked hard enough, God would have to give me what I wanted. The truth is I've never served the Lord at all. I was always serving myself.

These are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness . . . —FROM THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL: