Quotes About Reward

Most people are driven by fear or by avoidance of pain. Only a few are driven by the benefits.

Morality of Reward and Punishment plays an enormous role in the conservative worldview. The reward side rules out any government distribution of wealth or benefits that is not based on free market competition, and it makes the right to the disposition of private property absolute; the punishment side focuses the criminal justice system on retribution.

What takes the place of the strict rules of the Strict Father model is clarity of expectations and empathy. What takes the place of reward and punishment is interdependence, communication, and a true desire to remain affectionately connected to those you live with. F

In the strict father model, the "free market" plays a significant, implicit role. The market is a competitive system where the disciplined are rewarded through profit, and the undisciplined (and hence immoral) are punished through poverty. The market is an instrument of morality.

Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality.

Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun, for being charming?

I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.

I have always wondered why more women did not look into owning their own funds. Granted, it is a high stress, high risk business, but it also offers high rewards and control.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Recognition is a reward in itself. Any form of appreciation, even a small word, is important.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

At Manhattan GMAT, I had done my best to create a positive work environment and culture, and I further believed in rewarding people financially at or above the market rate for a job well done.

I'm a staunch believer in enterprise, and I'm glad I live in a country where - I don't think some people understand this, but if I work hard, I get rewarded for it.

If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.

The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing.

I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.

The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.

Yes, a Major would mean so much to me but I'm a great believer that if you work hard and in the right way, you will get what you deserve.

I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.

Your health benefits are not a gift - you work hard for them every day.