What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
It's not that Perl programmers are idiots, it's that the language rewards idiotic behavior in a way that no other language or… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Social psychology has found the more you reward people for doing something, the more they tend to lose interest in whatever they… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
Having a tax code that rewards companies that are shipping jobs overseas instead of companies that are investing here in the United… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Doing good for the sake of a heavenly reward is not an act of good, but a business transaction.” — J.Adam Snyder Copy Share Image
We live in a reward-centered society. When I was a child, my father used to say, "It's not whether you win or… — Renee Lawless Copy Share Image
Breughel is an example of an artist - I mean, this is true about artists and painters in general, but he is… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Through systematic terror, through indoctrination, through systematic manipulation of stimulus, reward, and punishment, we can today break man and convert him into… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Students today need experience to get a job, and they need a job to get experience. The Chegg Champion program provides students… — Osman Rashid Copy Share Image
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
Moral laws are set as a curb and restraint to these exorbitant desires, which they cannot be but by rewards and punishments,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Israelites, Christians and Muslims profess immortality, but the veneration they render this world proves they believe only in it, since they destine… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The profit motive is not only fundamental to our ability to reward shareholders and pay employees; it's fundamental to excellent journalism. Far… — Lachlan Murdoch Copy Share Image
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way. We must be… — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
But countless studies have shown that a cue and a reward, on their own, aren't enough for a new habit to last.… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Timing is everything. Tell me how a young man spends his evenings and I will tell you how far he is likely… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
I think when people say they dread going into work on Monday morning, it's because they know they are leaving a piece… — Tony Hsieh Copy Share Image
The bourgeois thinkers of the eighteenth century thus turned Aristotle's formula on its head: satisfactions which the Greek philosopher had identified with… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
A sick person is Allah's guest for as long as he is ill. Every day he is sick, God gives him countless… — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
Thomas Stanley has not only found no correlation between success in school and an ability to accumulate wealth, he's actually found a… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living. — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
It's always a struggle. It's an uphill battle the whole time. But you know what? The rewards are so graet, I wouldn't… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet. — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
You don't build wealth with credit card rewards and airline miles. You can't beat the credit card companies at their own game. — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
Incentives are spurs that goad a man to do what he doesn't particularly like, to get something he does particularly want. They… — Paul G. Hoffman Copy Share Image
Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
Exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favored by exceptional circumstances. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon Copy Share Image
Your rewards will be determined by the extent of your contribution, that is your service to others. — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
If you're a nice person and you work hard, you get to go shopping at Barneys. It's the decadent reward. — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
We will never walk away from Israel ... Many of us are worried about heaven. Heaven is your reward. You are here… — William G. Boykin Copy Share Image
