Action Quote by Marshall Rose

Fear of punishment diminishes self-esteem and goodwill.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that…

— Anonymous

What motivates most people to change their behavior is consequences. No consequences? No behavior modification.

— Drew Pinsky

Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.

— Alfie Kohn

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

— Thomas Gilovich

The desire to keep doing what we love supersedes the desire to penalize bad behavior.

— Nell Scovell

Guilt serves a powerful social function in terms of policing our behavior.

— David D. Burns

When we fear punishment, we focus on consequences, not on our own values.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

— Horace

Behavior is determined by its consequences.

— B. F. Skinner

Guilt at times, actually encourages people to have more empathy for others, to take corrective action, and to improve themselves.

— Senoraroy

“Humans are strange. … They value punishment because they think it means their actions are important—that they are important. … it's vanity.”

— Robert Jackson Bennett