Rewards Quotes - Page 39

• Many, I fear, would like glory, who have no wish for grace. They would [want to] have the wages, but not the work; the harvest, but not the labor; the reaping, but not the sowing; the reward, but not the battle. But it may not be.

  J. C. Ryle

  Grace, Battle, Wish

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.194, Letcetera Publishing

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• If you make a habit of doing nothing, you have already earned your reward.

  Wes Fesler

  Laziness, Doing Nothing, Habit

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• I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don’t.

  Harold Ford, Jr.

  Believe, People, Risk

  "Harold Ford’s New York Times Interview Shoots His Senate Candidacy In The Foot" by Jason Linkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Writing a first novel takes so much effort, with such little promise of result or reward, that it must necessarily be a labour of love bordering on madness.

  Steven Saylor

  Writing, Effort, Promise

  "Know thy subject" by Steven Saylor, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.

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• Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.

  Walter Isaacson

  Spiritual, Important, Enlightenment

  "Steve Jobs’s ‘journey for enlightenment’". Interview with Sally Quinn, www.onfaith.co.

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• The way to get to the top of the heap in terms of developing original research is to be a fool, because only fools keep trying. You have idea number 1, you get excited, and it flops. Then you have idea number 2, you get excited, and it flops. Then you have idea number 99, you get excited, and it flops. Only a fool would be excited by the 100th idea, but it might take 100 ideas before one really pays off. Unless you're foolish enough to be continually excited, you won't have the motivation, you won't have the energy to carry it through. God rewards fools.

  Martin Hellman

  Motivation, Ideas, Numbers

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• Far superior to the pleasures and rewards of the illusion that is Earthly life are the pleasure and rewards of the Reality.

  Ian Gardner

  Life, Reality, Illusion

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• I urge one and all to live this life as if there is no reward in the afterlife and to do it in a moral way that makes it better for you and for those around you, and that leaves this world a little better place than when you found it.

  Hugh Hefner

  Life, World, Littles

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• I wish for you a life of wealth, health and happiness; a life in which you give to yourself the gift of patience, the virtue of reason, the value of knowledge, and the influence of faith in your own ability to dream about and achieve worthy rewards.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Faith, Dream

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• Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.

  Eric Hoffer

  Life, Book, Learning

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• Everyone engaged in research must have had the experience of working with feverish and prolonged intensity to write a paper which no one else will read or to solve a problem which no one else thinks important and which will bring no conceivable reward - which may only confirm a general opinion that the researcher is wasting his time on irrelevancies.

  Noam Chomsky

  Writing, Thinking, Important

  Noam Chomsky (2013). “The Essential Chomsky”, p.24, The New Press

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• The greatest reward for a student is not a good grade. It is the willingness of his teacher to listen to him.

  Nikolay Konstantinov

  Teacher, Students, Mathematics

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• The only reward in this game is winning. It's no fun to practice; it's no fun to play and lose.

  Gerry DiNardo

  Sports, Fun, Winning

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• The secret of the true love of work is the hope of success in that work; not for the money reward, for the time spent, or for the skill exercised, but for the successful result in the accomplishment of the work itself.

  Sidney Abram Weltmer

  Love, Success, Money

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• At the same time that she [nature] solicits him [man] to follow her not only into her open walks, but likewise to explore her secret recesses, she - fails not to reward him with the purest gratifications of the mind, because at every step he takes, new instances of beauty, variety, and perfection are unfolded to his view.

  Henry Kett

  Nature, Men, Views

  "Elements of General Knowledge, Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science".

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• Madame Nature allows no dangerous classes, in the modern sense. She has, doubtless for some wise reason, no mercy for the weak. She rewards each organism according to its works; and if anything grows too weak or stupid to take care of itself, she gives it its due deserts by letting it die and disappear.

  Charles Kingsley

  Wise, Nature, Stupid

  Charles Kingsley (2008). “Scientific Lectures and Essays”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

  Albert Einstein

  Religious, Motivation, Knowledge

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• Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The forces of destruction begin with toddlers - a prize for the best Halloween costume, grades in school, gold stars - and on up through the university. On the job people, teams, and divisions are ranked, reward for the top, punishment for the bottom. Management by Objectives, quotas, incentive pay, business plans, put together separately, division by division, cause further loss, unknown and unknowable.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Stars, Jobs, Motivation

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• The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture.

  Lou Gerstner

  Leadership, Powerful, Culture

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• If the practices and processes inside a company don't drive the execution of values, then people don't get it. The question is, do you create a culture of behavior and action that really demonstrates those values and a reward system for those who adhere to them?

  Lou Gerstner

  Leadership, Practice, People

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• Racing is the fun part; it's the reward of all the hard work.

  Kara Goucher

  Fun, Hard Work, Racing

  Twitter post from Nov 8, 2012

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• A little person in a little place can use a little thing, perform a
  little task, and receive a great reward.

  Jack Hyles

  Tasks, Use, Littles

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• The greatest rewards come when you give of yourself. It's about bettering the lives of others, being part of something bigger than yourself, and making a positive difference.

  Nick Vujicic

  Differences, Giving, Bigger

  Nick Vujicic (2010). “Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life”, p.27, WaterBrook

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• There are substantial rewards for adopting a regular routine of investing and following it no matter what, and additional rewards for buying more shares when most investors are scared into selling.

  Peter Lynch

  Routine, Investing, Matter

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management's reluctance to reward the shareholders.

  Peter Lynch

  Office, Extravagance, Management

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