The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. – Charles Caleb Colton

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward. – Kreeshna