#reward

Whether it means prizing the value of lessons learned, building games into your creative process, or getting gifts upon certain milestones of achievement, self-derived rewards make a big difference…You cannot ignore or completely escape the deeply ingrained short-term reward system within you. But you can become aware of what really motivates you and then tweak your incentives to sustain your long-term pursuits. ↗

— Scott Belsky

#self-motivation #motivational

You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#first #just #like #never #reward

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward. ↗

— Ovid

#deed #good #good deed #men #reward

If you're sick, take your sick day. If you don't take your sick day, know what your reward is? You weren't sick - that was the reward. ↗

— Chris Christie

#know #reward #sick #take #weren

I look at other members of my generation who have basically done one thing, and one thing well, and have been handsomely rewarded for it. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#been #done #generation #i #look

For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#because #bring #competitive #environment #help

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#because #fear #hope #indeed #lot

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#cannot #creation #frailty #god #his

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#evil #god #good #i #i do

Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards. ↗

— John Engler

#financial #given #i #i think #michigan