A Quote by George Washington
Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.
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It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
The bravery founded upon the hope of recompense, upon the fear of punishment, upon the experience of success, upon rage, upon ignorance of dangers, is common bravery, and does not merit the name. True bravery proposes a just end, measures the dangers, and, if it is necessary, the affront, with coldness.
Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.
There are only two stimulants to ones best efforts: the fear of punishment, and the hope of reward.
If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward.
How can any Action be meritorious of Praise or Dispraise, Reward or Punishment, when the natural Principle of Self-Love is the only and the irresistible Motive to it?
The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.
you cannot confuse bravery or courage with lack of fear. Real courage, true bravery is doing things in spite of fear, knowing fear.
The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.
Whatever good you would do out of fear of punishment, or hope of reward hereafter, the Atheist would do simply because it is good; and being so, he would receive the far surer and more certain reward, springing from well-doing, which would constitute his pleasure, and promote his happiness.
Bravery and devotion to duty hath no greater reward than to see the cat get into trouble.
The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even yourself.
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