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In the arena of human life the honours and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities.

Aristotle

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

Ronald Reagan

Oregon eliminated property and payroll factors in determining corporate income tax, which rewards new investment in property and equipment.

Caroline Pecquet

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards. Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

Giacomo Leopardi

The important thing to remember, ... is that you will lose money in the stock market at some point - but the overall rewards are hard to beat.

Adriane Berg

But the Cahill family has played basketball since they were little, and we're reaping the rewards now.

Heidi Libby

It is always a great day for clean athletes when individuals who cheat are held accountable and stripped of the rewards gained through doping.

Terry Madden

I like the fact that it rewards someone who hits it straight, ... It doesn't reward the longer hitters any more than the shorter hitters.

David Mckenzie

There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences.

Robert Ingersoll

This increase in our dividend provides an immediate reward to our shareholders for our financial performance, yet still enables us to fund the growth initiatives that target future rewards.

Ken Alley

The medals don't mean anything and the glory doesn't last. It's all about your happiness. The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

Jackie Joyner Kersee

Albertans are reaping the rewards of the decisions that they stood behind a dozen years ago.

Shirley Mcclellan

Those things are a lot of work, but at least the financial rewards which get plowed right back into the league and the community are significant. That makes them worth doing.

Bo Batts

We are proud to support the mission of Waterfowl U.S.A. with a card that gives members the rewards they choose while supporting the organization with each purchase. We look forward to a long and rewarding relationship for Waterfowl U.S.A. and its members.

Tanya Turner

Fiscal year 2002 will likely prove to be challenging under any circumstances, but we believe longer-term rewards outweigh potential risks.

Rebecca Runkle

We were out there for 3 or 3 ½ hours almost every night ... it's good for the kids to see some rewards for their work.

Joe Hamilton

I give all the credit to the boys. None of them ever, no matter how bad it was that year (2004), quit. They all kept the faith and now they are reaping the rewards.

Tom Locascio

We can't have a DJ every day, but they sure enjoyed it. At the raffle desk, we had people sign up for the rewards card. Those are potential repeat customers.

David Atlee

It's a big puzzle. If this is a knowledge economy, how come the brains aren't being compensated? Instead, the owners of physical capital are getting the rewards.

Josh Bivens

We have always strived for excellence with our products, so it's satisfying to be involved with an organization that rewards excellence in its industry.

Michael Wright

The consequences that cause people to do their best every day occur every day. Delayed rewards are far less effective, even if theyre larger.

Aubrey Daniels

Those who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it. They persevere and finally reap their rewards.

Charles E. Popplestone

[Obey struggles to balance the demands of his faith with the obligations of pluralism -- and for this, he receives few rewards. Recently, he offered an amendment to increase funding for child care, job training and domestic abuse programs as a way of] taking some of the pressure off women to have abortions. ... whose concern for life ends at the checkbook's edge.

David Obey

It's always easy to convert industrial to housing because the rewards to a developer for housing are significant enough to pay for the change of use. But when you insert artists . . . typically they are not able to support the kind of prices the housing developers can. That will make implementation there a bit more challenging.

John Weis

In the last decade, Coca-Cola shareholders have seen a revolving door of top executives cash in big rewards while financial performance lagged.

Thomas Keegel

We believe the company is poised to begin to reap the rewards of these investments in 2005, and we think this will likely be reflected in superior levels of earnings growth over the comings years.

Patricia Baker

PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that -- 'Stone walls do not a prison make,' but a combination of the stone wall, the political parasite and the moral instructor is no garden of sweets.

Ambrose Bierce

They're designing a poster for our advertising push. I thought that was kind of neat that these kids are going to be donating their time and getting class rewards for doing that for the community.

Florence Paterno

It was a really good quarter. It seemed to be driven by better results out of New Orleans .... and the Caesar's integration into Total Rewards appears to be capturing a lot of customers.

Smedes Rose

You don't do a job like this all your life because you like it. You do it because there are rewards. And that's what they want to take away from us.

Tom Mitchell

You can't ask for anything better than this weekend to show off our school. Hopefully we will reap the rewards for many years to come.

Chris Vaughn

The common thread here is that we're concerned that people who are being attracted to this endeavor understand the risks as well as the potential rewards.

Marc Beauchamp

Producing is a terrible business. The rewards are lousy. Only 15-20 percent of shows recoup their investment, just as 15-20 percent of horses pay for their oats.

Rocco Landesman

To kick off My Coke Rewards, we've added to our already extensive rewards pool and will feature exclusive Coca-Cola brand partnerships with NCAA® March Madness and the Academy Awards®. We'll continue to offer special rewards tied to our consumers' passions, throughout the year, as My Coke Rewards expands.

Katie Bayne

It's a lot more work to do it in-house, but it proved out for us last year -- the rewards were there.

Fred Brown

An important one that comes to mind is the California Scholarship Federation, which requires a lot of bookkeeping and also supervising, as the advisor calculates and administers academic honors and rewards for graduation. I know the work of this club was begun well before it was clear there would be no stipend.

Janet Hansen

That was our battle cry and that is what we accomplished this year. When Boston needed [a pitcher], they were ready. Our pitchers prepared for that, they worked hard for that, and they saw some rewards. In that respect, I'm very pleased.

Mike Griffin

Our society rewards the people they respect -- rewards them financially, with certain kinds of perks. Low pay shows lack of respect.

Stephanie King

Florida residents reap many rewards from the $57 billion that visitors spend here annually and the $3.4 billion in tax revenues in 2005 that resulted from their spending.

Bud Nocera

Actually rewards companies for moving jobs overseas.

Nick Lampson

I find it particularly amusing -- and frustrating on behalf of the pioneers who have been selling online for years -- that brick-and-mortar guys who announce the opening of their e-store see a huge one-day run-up. Of course, patience brings rewards, and most of those one-day wonders have returned to more normal prices.

Kate Delhagen

What we've seen in the last couple of years is flat recycling percentages. This Recycling Rewards program is part of an entire strategy to increase the amount of recyclables coming into our [materials recycling] facility.

Karen Fiedler

We destroy the love of learning in children, which is so strong when they are small, by encouraging and compelling them to work for petty and contemptible rewards.

John W. Holt, Jr.

I am not concerned about two successive defeats, ... I am just sad for the players that they haven't got their due rewards.

Vanderlei Luxemburgo

This game rewards you for playing with huge hearts. I just credit their mentality. They made it very difficult for us to play.

Anson Dorrance

We shouldn't grab, we should call police, maybe chase him, but you know yeah, we shouldn't grab him. The risks outweigh the rewards of getting the money back. If one of those guys would of gotten hurt last night, I couldn't have lived with it.

Don Bruno

You start with just some basic visual kinds of things. You give them a scent article and do a little runaway. When the dog chases the person, the person rewards the dog. It's a big party. It's a paycheck for them.

Tricia Heldmann

Like I tell them, as long as we control our part of the game, the rewards at the end will be big. Just go play and do what you do. At the end of the rainbow, we'll see this big pot.

Donnie Henderson

To help strive for zero accidents, workers are often given jackets, shirts or other rewards.

Commissioner David Maple

The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, it punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be.

Lillian Hellman

It's the price you have to pay to live in a global village. You have to share the rewards.

Albert Pang

The real rewards are for the average citizen of the community that gets certified.

Pauline Garcia

It is great news that DNV is reaping rewards after significant investment in this area of the business and we are delighted to be working with CAN on a project which we believe plays a significant role in delivering Talisman's future business aspirations.

Donald Brown

The walls that impeded communications have to come down and we have to focus R&D on products that are most likely to yield rewards.

Howard Stringer

It's a philosophical difference that Ray and I have about whether the Palo Verde rewards should have gone back to the ratepayer or should it be applied to the city to be used to lower electric costs in providing taxpayer services.

John Cook

I'm a bit emotional at the moment really, and just over the moon for all the lads. We've all worked really, really hard for the past three months and this is our just rewards for all the effort that has been put in.

Norris Farrow

The bottom line is a man's got to have a vocation of some kind. But performing in concert has its own rewards, though I have to admit that up until a few years ago I was very nervous being up there. I finally learned to be who I am and relax. When you do that, it's just like being down there with the audience.

Doc Watson

Nevertheless, chimpanzees were clearly motivated to obtain rewards for themselves, but not to provide rewards for other group members.

Joan Silk

It is important to keep in mind that great risk exposure does not automatically guarantee greater rewards.

Barbara Steinmetz

Appreciation, gratitude, affection-these are the qualities Parisians bestow on their parks. Beauty, serenity, tranquillity, majesty-these are the rewards they reap in return.

Landt Dennis

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

Ted W. Engstrom

This is going to waste precious defense dollars while providing very limited military rewards. While we were successful in keeping the bulk of the arsenal intact, we will continue our fight to keep this mission and others located at this historic military installation where they belong.

Rod Blagojevich

We've just got to keep plugging away. The effort's been there. I can't complain about how hard we're working. We just haven't had too many rewards for our effort so far.

Neil Dougherty

So the more people use the golf course, the more rewards they earn.

Doug Juhasz

The honest answer has to be that it's great music, but also the fact that it spans the whole range of Beethoven's language. It's the ultimate challenge, one of the ultimate rewards in music, as much for the listener as for the performer.

Paul Lewis

The best advice I can give is to keep working hard. Everyone starts out just 'ok,' but if you stick with it and never give up, the rewards are great.

Tyler Mitchell

When we started in 1997, there were almost no prizes. In an effort to make it more viable we have pushed sponsors to offer more cash rewards.

George Shea

Right now I am telling the girls it is about the decision making: Don't panic, look up, run with your heads up so you can see what is going on. And tonight we saw the rewards of passing to the open player and getting it to the open player.

Kenny Graham

My Coke Rewards is the largest program we have ever launched for the Coca-Cola Trademark, with rewards valued at over $50 million. Regardless of which Coca-Cola brand is their favorite, My Coke Rewards will give everyone who loves Coca-Cola the chance to benefit from their passion for the brand in a unique and special way.

Katie Bayne

[Jude] made it a personal goal to improve his speed. He's worked hard, increasing strength incredibly. He's kind of reaping the rewards of that right now.

Coach Scott Zane

This is a unique program that rewards farmers and ranchers who are model conservationists and provides incentives for other producers to meet those same high standards of environmental performance.

Dave White

Many opportunities are rewards. I am not so beautiful that people would want to see my photographs if I did not have the results.

Anni Friesinger

It rewards Luke for being a very thorough journalist and taking high school journalism seriously.

Terry Nelson

He fought so hard for that hospital and he saw his efforts realized on Thursday with Senator John Flanagan and he knew about it. He had worked very hard for that. I'm glad he knew his efforts came forward [but] he never saw retirement, which I feel really bad about. People work so hard and they never see the rewards at the end.

Kevin O'hare

One of the big concerns consumers have with rewards programs is that they will never accumulate enough points.

Dave Bowen

It has been a rocky road at times. But the rewards, I think looking back, far outweigh the negatives.

Colleen Walz

Life is too challenging for external rewards to sustain us.

Bradley Whitford

I want to give the teams a normal cricket wicket, one the guys can bat on, but which also rewards bowlers who can get it in the right areas.

Christo Erasmus

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

Konstantin Stanislavsky

We believe we have done this in a way that not only rewards players for their achievements at the highest level of the game, but ensures all players actively contribute to FFA's efforts to establish football in Australia as a fully professional and commercially viable sport.

Craig Foster

This win is huge. It's a great confidence booster for our kids, who work hard every day in practice, but haven't seen the rewards.

Rick Mergenthaler

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

Elbert Hubbard

We felt that [recycling] was getting kind of a negative connotation and people were getting turned off, so part of Linda's idea was [the Recycling Rewards] program, which I think was a good one. Let's create a positive approach here. We do want people to recycle.

Karen Fiedler

Proponents of pharmaceutical crops have inflated the rewards and downplayed the risks.

Jane Rissler

Women want the responsibilities and rewards that come with top positions.

Sheila Wellington

Given that the economy is doing pretty well, he really is not getting any credit for it. That's because we're at war. The public rewards peace, prosperity and (political) moderation. Right now he's got one of those things going for him.

John Geer

Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason.

Alfie Kohn

We've taken concessions in the past, and when Northwest started reaping rewards of concessions, they didn't bring us up to standards.

Brett Caldwell

I particularly like the fact that there is no set list of books. Whatever books children choose counts towards their tally for rewards. It's all about reading for pleasure.

Jacqueline Wilson

It's bittersweet because my high school season's over, but I still get to play in as all-star game. It has its rewards.

Whitney Jones

They understand risks and rewards and statistics and are quick on decision making.

Robert Bright

One of the benefits of the model is that the San Joaquin Valley gets to reap the rewards of having additional health care practitioners in the community.

Brandy Nikaido

Paul has delivered a level of professionalism, knowledge and focus to a program that truly needed a jump start, ... He has accepted the challenge and the entire Navy community is realizing the rewards.

Chet Gladchuk

Customers would much rather use a rewards card that will get them air miles or a Discover card that will get them cash back. So the odds that they'll use a private-label card are dimmer.

Theodore Iacobuzio

My Coke Rewards is unique in its ability to truly personalize the consumer's experience with Coca-Cola. The program allows us to tap into our consumers' passions and tailor their online experience to offer them what they really want.

Katie Bayne

We are pleased to have reached an agreement to provide ILWU members with a package that rewards the hard work our membership puts forward every day at West Coast ports.

James Spinosa

These are not people who are in management. Most likely it would be a sales executive who had a great year and is reaping the rewards for it.

Jerry Carter

There's so much joy in being able to contribute a little bit, ... It's not a lot of time or money but the rewards are great.

Beth Bates

Recalling the pleasures of growing and gathering foods and preparing them with care, of relishing the changing seasons ... was her way of preserving an important part of American life and sharing its rewards with others.

Judith Jones

This is a huge step forward for our fight for immigration reform. Obviously the organized marches across the nation have shown that there is a will for change and a path for citizenship that rewards hard work and reflects American values.

Marissa Graciosa

It remains my sincerest desire to offer a fair and equitable raise which rewards our valued employees in a positive manner, while minimizing the negative impacts that predicted future cuts will surely bring.

Linda Woods

It is a de facto amnesty. It rewards people who broke the law. It puts at a disadvantage kids who didn't break the law.

Ira Mehlman

This great achievement is dedicated to the Egyptian fans who stood by the national team. God always rewards those who perfect what they do and we exerted huge efforts to win the championship until this dream came true.

Hassan Shehata

I think the World Cup is the priority now, it doesn't matter about the money. I think whether it be a hundred dollars or a million dollars, I think the big prize is getting to the World Cup and all the rewards will come from that, both financially, and as a personal success.

Lucas Neill

From a customer standpoint, you pay a flat subscription fee, and we will keep adding services. There will be some interesting rewards for being the first mover (with .Net).

Srivats Sampath

I work them pretty hard. It's hard to push like this and not have success, and I wouldn't be able to push them like this if they weren't being successful. They're starting to see the rewards of the hard work.

Kent Hall

In pursuit of money, man descends to the level of the beast. Money is of the nature of manure. Piled up in one place, it pollutes the air. Spread it wide; scatter it over fields; it rewards you with a bumper harvest.

Atharva Veda

We have heard of these rewards and the process of giving M F Husain protection has already been initiated. The artist is not here at present, but when he enters the country and till such time that the controversy settles down, police protection will be provided to him.

Arup Patnaik

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

Robert Ingersoll

These conflicts are a direct result of the abandonment of these communities by their government. If their government took care of them they wouldn't be fighting over these little scraps and rewards from the oil companies.

Anyakwee Nsirimovu

There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.

Richard Ford

Putting up cameras doesn't solve the problem. It just rewards the city for poor engineering.

Eric Skrum

The bizarre world of cards [is] a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments [are] meted out immediately.

Ely Culbertson

We want our members to be able to maximize their point earning potential. This card not only allows members to earn more Marriott Rewards points, and it also gives them many benefits such as a free-night certificate yearly, and 15 nights towards Elite status.

Ed French

Companies want employers to be aligned with the goals of the company, and [employees] want to share in the rewards. To say that making employees owners of companies is not a good idea because of what happened with Enron is just ridiculous.

Ed Ferrigno