Quotes About Rewards

Mother Nature destined us to derive enjoyment from a steady flow of pleasant small, but frequent, rewards.

We saw that bureaucrats (whether in government or large corporations) live in a system of rewards based on narratives

the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not by giving rewards or "incentives" for skill.

with huge disparities between efforts and rewards—a few can take a large share of the pie, leaving others out entirely at no fault of their own.

they tell you to give up cigarettes and booze, and then they tell you that you have 25 more good years ahead of you and then perhaps ten more years to enjoy your old age as you suck on the rewards and memories.

Guys are missing rewards and opportunities right now because they're feeling that pressure not to fail. And they're not learning about themselves because they're not failing - you're too busy patting yourself on the back to learn anything when stuff's going well.

In the modern era, with the rewards the top players have during their career and the risks involved moving into management, more will look at it and say they don't need it.

What attracts me to Hindi films is the monetary benefits connected with it.

If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.

Life is mortal. There are all these rewards and consequences. Sometimes you embrace them, and sometimes they knock you over.

When you're motivated by external rewards, it's often because you're trying to accomplish goals you didn't create yourself.

There will always be people who think that money and benefits and even just having a job should be thanks enough. There are also those that think they do a great job without anyone having to thank them. But study after study has shown that no one is immune from the motivating effects of acknowledgement and thanks.

enough pieces of cheese and you can be fairly sure that the

Well, dear, the whole point of the mystical path to God is that it's arduous. That's why it's often called the Way of the Cross. It takes years of dedication, hard work, and discipline, with few rewards. There are no shortcuts. Certainly not the coup de foudre you're looking for. We leave that to the holy rollers. The trouble with being a holy roller is, it's wonderful at the time, but what do you do the next day—and the day after that?

To keep young kids behaving well on a car road trip, have a bag of their favorite unwrapped candy and throw a piece out the window each time they misbehave.

The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.

The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.

Labour markets, meanwhile, are becoming biased towards a limited range of technical skill sets, and globally connected digital platforms and marketplaces are granting outsized rewards to a small number of "stars".

The brain evolved not for us to think but to allow us to move – away from danger and towards rewards.

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.

The power in capitalism must not be mindless. Unless it is combined with knowledge, mere economic power or money is fruitless. Enterprise involves memory of the past and anticipation of the future, and it is creative. It is not a simple incentive system of rewards and punishments, of carrots and sticks. It is an information system, and it is governed less by economic theory as we know it than by information theory.

My grandkids say, 'Reality Bites.' O.K., but it also challenges and rewards...I believe our best days are yet to come.

the basic principle of capitalism: that the penalties (losses) no less than the rewards (profits) of risk taking shall go to those who embark on a productive venture.

In nature there are neither rewards or punishments-there are consequences.