In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward… — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
The poor, stupid, free American citizen! Free to starve, free to tramp the highways of this great country, he enjoys universal suffrage,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It must be obvious that liberty necessarily means freedom to choose foolishly as well as wisely; freedom to choose evil as well… — Ben Moreell Copy Share Image
Each time I visit such a classroom, where the teacher is more interested in creating a democratic community than in maintaining her… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
Antitrust laws ought to be deployed, not against business, but to bust this two-party monopoly, which subverts competition in government and rewards… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Our policy is simple: We are not going to betray our friends, reward the enemies of freedom, or permit fear and retreat… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The Buddhist, who thanks no man, who says "Do not flatter your benefactors," but who, in his conviction that every good deed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A cat you train with clicker training and what you've got to do is pair the click with a food reward. And… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
“The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
So it's discouraging and, yet, when you make a movie like Wonder Boys, in a sense it's its own reward, because it… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
The Way I See It: If you're worried about getting a job-or keeping one-start a company of your own. By doing so,… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Pressure is working down the pit. Pressure is having no work at all. Pressure is trying to escape relegation on 50 shillings… — Bill Shankly Copy Share Image
The corporate sector per se is bottom-line oriented. It can be very corrupt and it is not very principled. That is why… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
And you love Sophie." Gideon's mouth tensed. "She's a mundane and a servant," said Gabriel. "I don't know what you expect to… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady." Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Praise is flattery, artful, hidden, delicate, which gratifies differently him who praises and him who is praised. The one takes it as… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Those voices you hear are like the voice of a multitude, which lifts its sound on high; for jubilant praises, offered in… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
Every day I get letters from people thanking me for helping them to become successful, whether because of their personal growth or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I learned little save that most of the deeds, good and bad both, incurring opprobrium or plaudits or reward either, within the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
As a lobbyist, I thought it only natural and right that my clients should reward those members who saved them such substantial… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If you want success badly enough, you must weigh each thought, action, and experience. The reward you reap will be the knowledge… — Thomas D Copy Share Image
To me it is harder to play a real person, but when you do it and you feel good about it and… — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
About belief or lack of belief in an afterlife: Some of you may know that I am neither Christian nor Jewish nor… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with… — Dean Devlin Copy Share Image
I had made it somewhere special, and I'd gotten there all on my own. Nobody had given it to me. Nobody had… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The only thing that matters my goal my reward my beginning my end is the work itself. My work done my way.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
One of my defining beliefs is that Jesus Christ has taken all of my guilt before God, and that he has been… — Joshua Harris Copy Share Image
When I write, I lose time. I'm happy in a way that I have a hard time finding in real life. The… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
I am not convinced that either the position, rewards or achievements have been worth the cost. My personal and married life and… — Joanne Simpson Copy Share Image
Some prideful people are not so concerned as to whether their wages meet their needs as they are that their wages are… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image