Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The reward of a thing well done is having done it."

Why This Quote Matters

Anyone who has had a real encounter with reward will recognize something in this. Recognition is the test of whether a quote is actually true.

Pin it somewhere visible for a week. The repetition of seeing it daily does something that a single read cannot.

Words like these do their best work when you stop rushing and let them sit for a minute.