Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward.
People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.
Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.
The world does not reward average people so I will be extraordinary.
It’s seemed more like a punishment than a reward most days…” he said, his tone one of bitter resignation. Then his gaze lifted to meet mine, and his voice changed. “…at least until I found you.
If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Effort is its own reward if you allow it to be.
Learning is its own exceeding great reward; and at the period of which we speak, it bore other fruits, not unworthy of it.
We permit bad taste in this country. In fact, we even encourage it - and reward it in all manner of ways.
The only thing that matters my goal my reward my beginning my end is the work itself. My work done my way. A private personal selfish egotistical motivation. That’s the only way I function. That’s all I am.
To me it is harder to play a real person, but when you do it and you feel good about it and the person feels good about it, I think that's doubly rewarding. So the challenge is greater, the risk is greater, but the reward is greater as well.
Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
I think the greatest reward I have is getting up and going to work each day. I love what I do.
I had made it somewhere special, and I'd gotten there all on my own. Nobody had given it to me. Nobody had told me to do it. I'd climbed and climbed and climbed, and this was my reward. To watch over the world, and to be alone with myself. That, I found, was what I needed.
If you talk about change but don't change the reward and recognition system, nothing changes.
If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.
Reward worthy failure - Experimentation.
I am here to tell you there's nothing in people knowing you. There's actually a loss in that! Really, the reward in life is genuinely the day of work you have. It's not the name you're making for yourself or the clicks and likes - it's such an illusion.
Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention.
If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.