William Thomas Walsh Quotes

A generous action is its own reward.

William Thomas Walsh

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• Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Divorce
  • Very
  • Generous

• We all know that a call-up to the Springboks (South Africa national team) is a major achievement and the rewards, especially financial, are huge.

  

  Ashley Johnson
  • Up
  • Team
  • Financial

• We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Hope
  • Think
  • Virtues

• There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

  

  Robert Frost
  • Great
  • Heart
  • Generous

• And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.

  

  Og Mandino
  • World
  • Family
  • Success

• The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Given
  • Activity
  • Rewards

• I try to eat in a way that makes me feel good. If that means a little bite of chocolate I do that, but I try not to use food as a reward for myself.

  

  Jennifer Garner
  • Try
  • Chocolate
  • Rewards

• It's bittersweet. I tried hard, I have no regrets. For that performance, silver is generous.

  

  Sasha Cohen
  • Performance
  • Silver
  • Generous

• I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • God
  • Believe
  • Evil

• The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

  

  Sophocles
  • Rewards
  • Secure
  • Abide

• Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Results
  • Get
  • Myth

• Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Nature
  • Respect
  • Confidence

• Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.

  

  William Griffith Wilson
  • Prayer
  • Meditation
  • Rewards

• Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

  

  Malcolm Cowley
  • Writing
  • Failures
  • Rewards

• My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labor and sacrifices made. This is one of the reasons why I feel certain that of all my inventions, the Magnifying Transmitter will prove most important and valuable to future generations. I am prompted to this prediction not so much by thoughts of the commercial and industrial revolution which it will surely bring about, but of the humanitarian consequences of the many achievements it makes possible. Considerations of mere utility weigh little in the balance against the higher benefits of civilization.

  

  Nikola Tesla
  • Law
  • Balance
  • Belief

• Paul, we are going to kill you. That is cool, then I will go to Christ. Ok Paul, we are going to let you live. That is great, then I can witness Christ. Ok, then we will torture you. That is fine, then I will receive a reward in Heaven one day.

  

  Tony Evans
  • Christ
  • Fine
  • Torture

• The act of contributing to the lives of others is its own reward. A servant's heart is a greater motivator than financial gain.

  

  Thomas Kinkade
  • Rewards
  • Gains
  • Servant

• This is just the first day; you’ll get used to it. The rewards will come later, from the kids themselves–and from the unlikeliest ones.

  

  Bel Kaufman
  • Kids
  • Rewards
  • First Day

• Some people like what he does, some people don't. We were being very aggressive about taking the next step for this team to win a Super Bowl, by recognizing what we were going to have to deal with in what was arguably the best player in free agency. Rewards are usually proportional to the risk you take. Yeah, this is a risk.

  

  Brian Billick
  • People
  • Team
  • Risk

• A man's heart must be very frivolous if the possession of fame rewards the labor to attain it. For the worst of reputation is that it is not palpable or present - we do not feel or see or taste it.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Heart
  • Reputation
  • Possession

• Well, I work out three to four times a week, in a gym, which - thank God - is right in my building here in New York City. It's in the Reebok building, and it's got every kind of weightlifting equipment you can imagine, spread out over six floors, plus basketball courts and everything else. And because it's right in the building, there's no excuse.

  

  Regis Philbin
  • Work
  • God
  • Basketball

• I have grown up watching Bollywood movies, and I would love to act in them.

  

  Navi Rawat
  • Up
  • Love
  • Movies

• Good design is not an applied veneer.

  

  Raymond Loewy
  • Design
  • Veneer

• A generous action is its own reward.

  

  William Thomas Walsh
  • Rewards
  • Generous