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Good things should be praised.
Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain.
In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.
The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart.
To the army of common soldiers, who do the actual fighting, and risk mutilation and death, there is no reward except the consciousness of duty bravely performed.
I was promoted to be a major, and every Allied government gave me a decoration - even Montenegro, little Montenegro down on the Adriatic Sea!
The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.
Do not seek recognition or gratification from man - serve the Lord. He knows how to reward everyone
The only praise I would like and treasure is the promotion of the activities to which my life is dedicated.
Being in war itself is a gallant, awards are mere decorations.
The reward that outdoes all others is the peace of knowing that you did right.
It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way.
Success with Honor
Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!
If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
Achievement is its own reward
CHAPTER 8 Thank-You Notes (Part 1)
Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive, of our actions; and although it happen not to attend the worthy deed, yet it is by no means the less fair for having missed the applause it deserved.
Nothing's more gratifying than to get a heart-felt 'Thank you' !
We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.
Honor is the trophy for your good deeds.
Reward is its own virtue.
The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.
Sometimes it's nice to know that what you've done has been appreciated.
Even in the best, most friendly and simplest relations of life, praise and commendation are essential, just as grease is necessary to wheels that they may run smoothly.
Quantity brings recognition and accolades
Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection-that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.
Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel.
It wasn't the reward that mattered or the recognition you might harvest. It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of your devotion - these were the things that counted in life. When you gave purely, the honor in giving, and that was honor enough.
DEDICATION To my computer: I couldn't have written this without you To the software developers responsible for spellcheck: You are my everyday heroes To Karen: I hope this makes you laugh and makes you proud. To my readers (all 3 of you): Thank you
She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty.
Like any other tool for facilitating the completion of a questionable task, rewards offer a "how" answer to what is really a "why" question.
The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next.
Every single person on the planet is rewarded for one thing and one thing only, and that is for serving other people. The more you serve others, the higher your reward.
When the course of events shall have removed you to distant scenes of action where laurels not nurtured with the blood of my country may be gathered, I shall urge sincere prayers for your obtaining every honor and preferment which may gladden the heart of a soldier.
It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.
We are gathered here to send our gratitude to Pinnacle Officer Wilcox
and FERTS, for our daily provision and protection from those who would seek to strike against our Vassals, our Fighters and our Internees.
Glory - once achieved, what is it worth?
I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
Usually we praise only to be praised.
Your praises will become your wages.
Gallantry emits respect.
Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity.
What gets rewarded gets done. If you praise and honor the people who epitomize the values of the team, those values get embraced and upheld by other members of the team. There is no better reinforcement.
Elite warriors, when they accomplish their mission, they celebrate.
Praise and recognition based upon performance are the oxygen of the human spirit
There's absolutely no sort of acknowledgment or reward for this - except for the intangible of my kids growing up to be wonderful people.
Praise, of all things, is the most powerful excitement to commendable actions, and animates us in our enterprises.
The best kind of praise is intelligent praise.
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
The signal instances of Providential goodness which we have experienced and which have now almost crowned our labors with complete success demand from us in a peculiar manner the warmest returns of gratitude and piety to the Supreme Author of all good.
The highest distinction is service to others.
What are we toasting?" I ask, slightly bemused. "Reward for employer of the year?"
It's a dumb joke, and I almost groan at my own crappy attempt at humour. Our glasses clink and Hue just sighs.
"My only reward will be the sweet embrace of death
When all is said and done, one of our rewards may be praise, but the greater reward is being faithful to follow our Lor and Savior, Jesus Christ.
A job well done is a reward in its own right,
Everything you do doesn't
need praise.
if you're aware of
your intention the
glory is already yours.
the constant need for
acknowledgement and
approval will divert
your purpose.
To award prizes is to attempt to control the course of another man's work. It is a bid to have him do what you will approve. It affects not only the one who wins the award, but all those who in any measure strive for it.
To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.
I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy.
WE WIN FABULOUS PRIZES
The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.
Give me prize, save your praise.
Emit gratitude as though it was done
Merit badges are these little patches you get for learning how to do all sorts of manly stuff.
To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To you, respect.
Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.
In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.
Don't confuse honours with achievement.
It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.
When people thank you for doing something, you begin to realize how truly blessed you were to have been put in that position.
The real rewards you can't put on a shelf.
To LOVE without condition, to SMILE without reason, and to SERVE without end ... THIS is achievement
Most of my ribbons were for good sportsmanship, a backhanded compliment if ever there was one.
No blame. No regrets. Gratitude and happiness in every direction.
If you're most interested in what other people think, then their applause or attention is your reward.
The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.
For what is glory but the blaze of fame?
A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them.
There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done
the honor of the integrity of principle.
During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline ... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.
What we admire we praise; and when we praise,
Advance it into notice, that its worth
Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
You get a promotion?"
"I got a polite, but firm suggestion to be a team player. [ ... ]"
"You got off easy. One of my commanding officers once threw a paperweight at me."
"We're a bit more subtle.
Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.
For making Adron human again. It's been a long time. (Tiernan)
Screw you, Tier. (Adron)
Yeah, bro, since when was Adron ever human? More like a festering subspecies of some kind. You know. Like a pimple on the ass of a warthog. (Taryn)
Innumerable soldiers have told me they don't want to be thanked for their service and they don't want to be seen as heroes (or, for that matter, villains). They want to be respected for the job they did and the pride they took in doing it well.
Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.
Nothing else so inspires and heartens people as words of appreciation. You and I may soon forger the words of encouragement and appreciation that we utter now, but the person to whom we have spoken them may treasure them and repeat them to themselves over a lifetime
This is the time to speak the word of appreciation.
An attitude of gratitude
Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss. Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like.
Darwin Award. That's not a real award, it's a joke. They give them to people who die doing something so stupid that it counts as a service to humanity.
Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington I praise loudly; I blame softly.
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where the exchange is always greatly in favor of the drawer.
Not seeking acknowledgment for things done well but finding satisfaction in doing them well.
Our most valuable victories are those which go without praise.
Our praises are our wages.
There is a little word that we can say to others now. "Thank You Very Much".
DEDICATION To you out there mistreated for being you, for loving. To you who are daring and hopeful and courageous when there's no reason on earth you should still be. You're my heroes. And I love you. This is for you.
A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.