Quotes About Rewards

One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.

One study showed that children who got a reward for coloring with magic markers—an activity that children love—didn't spend as much time with markers, later, as children who didn't expect a reward. The children began to think, "Why would I color if I don't get a reward?

For an extensive and fascinating discussion of the use and pitfalls of rewards, see Edward Deci, Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation (New York: Penguin, 1996); Alfie Kohn, Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999); Daniel Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (New York: Riverhead, 2009).

I have learned that human beings are all about incentives

People think this is easy to be a football player. They only see the summit but they don't see the ascent, which is far longer and tougher than the career peaks. And there are so few of us to reach the summits. Some might earn €305,000 per month but there are a lot more for whom life is hell.

I found this deer toy that poops out candy. And so if I say, 'Cree, you have to go to bed right now. You will get a candy.' We've named the pooping deer 'Gus.'... He gets a jelly bean. And it works. Positive reinforcement is the way to go. I'm learning things like that which help me be a better parent.

People do what their society rewards them to do. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting

We have come to a place now where our search for Truth must no longer be for the rewards; it must no longer be our seeking a creed to follow, but it must be our living a life.

Best thing about being King; you get lots of pressies.

I love being a musician. I love the lifestyle. But I think it's probably as difficult and frustrating as anything.

The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God.

This is just the first day; you'll get used to it. The rewards will come later, from the kids themselves–and from the unlikeliest ones.

A strong-minded approach to investment, firmly based on the margin-of-safety principle, can yield handsome rewards. But a decision to try for these emoluments rather than for the assured fruits of defensive investment should not be made without much self-examination.

The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The rewards go to those who invent ingenious justifications for inequality, the punishments to those who try to remedy it.

God has reserved momentous victories and great rewards for us, but we'll never make it to our milestones if we can't make it through our moments.

We must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don't give up. Galatians 6:9

Even making clothes for Hollywood films, you do not get paid silly money. It is hard work and takes time.

We're all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept remuneration for our labor 7) We do not overidentify with our jobs 8 ) We master the technique of our jobs 9) We have a sense of humor about our jobs 10) We receive praise or blame in the real world

We have the right to our labor but not to the fruit of our labor.

Those with the lowest standards willing to grovel and beg are often the recipients of the greatest rewards.

Excessive rewards are a sign of desperation. Excessive punishments are a sign of exhaustion.

If rewards are immoderate, there will be expenditure that does not result in gratitude; if punishments are immoderate, there will be slaughter that does not result in awe.

Now in order to kill the enemy, our men must be roused to anger; that there may be advantage from defeating the enemy, they must have their rewards. [Tu Mu says: Rewards

Donde hay grandes recompensas hay hombres valientes