#reward

At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid. ↗

— James Buchan

#banking #banks #call #cannot #each

Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect. ↗

— Luther Campbell

#hard #hard work #respect #rewarded #work

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward. ↗

— Ovid

#deed #good #good deed #men #reward

If you're sick, take your sick day. If you don't take your sick day, know what your reward is? You weren't sick - that was the reward. ↗

— Chris Christie

#know #reward #sick #take #weren

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#artists #bad #fame #give #intoxication

I've been in the shallow end of a pool, just kind of walking around, but this was my first time really swimming - and I was horrified! I actually lost it whenever I saw the edge of the pool. But I took baby steps and rewarded myself every step of the way. ↗

— Monique Coleman

#around #baby #been #edge #end

It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#always #hard #indeed #just #justly

I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#been #done #generation #i #look

That's pretty rewarding in itself coming from where I started. Obviously the next goal for me is to make the Olympic team. ↗

— Libby Trickett

#goal #i #itself #make #me

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#carry #consumer #green #marketed #must