When you do the right thing, but not to any particular person, we instinctively feel that we have earned some sort of pay back. Since no-one will do that for us, we opt for self-service reciprocation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.
One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.
Why is it so important for you to give back? I honestly feel like it's our responsibility as citizens of the world to ground ourselves in selflessness and all do our part.
Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's the right thing: I do it because I want do it.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it.
Your personal integrity, once established and earned, people don't have to think about it. They know. They know you. They know you'll do the right thing every time.
Whenever anybody comes to me with a way that I can give something back, it would be ungrateful at this point in my life to not say yes.
When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing, those people don't exist because you've crushed anyone's desire to do the right thing with all these incentives.
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