Service without reward is punishment.

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of…

— Marcus Aurelius

Play, creativity, art, spontaneity, all these experiences are their own rewards and are blocked when we perform for reward or punishment, profit or loss.

— Stephen Nachmanovitch

Loquacity with tongue or pen is its own reward -- or, punishment.

— George Eliot

Enlightenment is its own reward, its own punishment. You begin to see so much more. And so much more sees you.

— Laird Barron

Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.

— Anonymous

Each man is his own absolute lawgiver, the dispenser of glory or gloom to himself; the decreer of his life, his reward, his punishment.

— Mabel Collins

The reward of service is more service.

— Dwight L. Moody

The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must abandon, therefore,…

— John Shelby Spong

The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving little reward…

— Michael Parenti

“Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. Or punishment, depending on the circumstances.”

— Lisa Unger

“Regression effects teach us specious lessons about the relative effectiveness of reward and punishment.”

— Thomas Gilovich

“the selfless disregard of reward brings the greatest reward. There is room for reward and punishment within a structure of covenantal love, but there…

— Jon D. Levenson

Eating crappy food isn't a reward -- it's a punishment.

— Drew Carey

You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think…

— Brian Eno

I have a reward-and-punishment system: If I have done this much work, then I can play video games this long. It gives my day…

— Kumail Nanjiani