Quotes About Incentive

It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.

Getting depressed about being fat is no incentive to lose weight. It just weighs you down!

The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired.

Among those who walk with God, there is no greater motive and incentive unto universal holiness, and the preserving of their hearts and spirits in all purity and cleanness, than this, that the blessed Spirit, who hath undertaken to dwell in them, is continually considering what they give entertainment in their hearts unto, and rejoiceth when his temple is kept undefiled.

The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain.

The fear of Hell is a very powerful motivation.

It's just been my experience that some kinds of working relationships are better motivated by fear than by monetary gain.

In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it

There are two levers for moving man -- interest and fear.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Picturing the good things that will happen if you act more constructively can serve as an incentive to change.

Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny.

All the forms of double taxation in the current system are punitive and self-destructive because they are literally destroying people's incentive to provide that seed corn for future economic growth.

The Constitution wanted artists to have control over their works because they knew it would create incentive to create more works. That is clearly still the goal.

You basically get what you reward. If you want to achieve the goals and reflect the values in your mission statement, then you need to align the reward system with these goals and values.

people only change their ways when what they truly value is threatened.

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to live in comfort, and the instinct to humiliate others are often the cause of that courage so renowned among men

Carrot and stick," she said, nodding. "Wave it under his nose and start walking. Works every time with old men, mules, and dogs.

Focusing exclusively on local measurements has a tendency to inhibit collaboration beyond the area being measured, because there is no reward for it.

Statistics show this isn't a reasonable incentive. According to the website Publishing Explained, more than one million manuscripts are currently searching for a U.S. publisher. One percent of these will get the nod. Nor

A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.

The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.

Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I don't think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.

Creativity must be supported by prizes, otherwise it will be neglected and left to rot in peace.