Reward Quotes - page 18

Somebody once told me that a hero's bravery has to be unplanned - a genuine response to a crisis. It has to come from the heart, without any thought of reward. (Rick Riordan)
Seeing 'Pretty Little Liars' fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing is offering through Kindle Worlds is a great way to reward their ingenuity. View quote
Sara Shepard
You're the greatest risk I've ever taken.” His pressed his lips gently to mine. "And the greatest reward. View quote
Sylvia Day
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. View quote
Scott Belsky
Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention. View quote
Sophie Hannah
This will wreck you! Today, treat everyone you meet as if they're going to be dead by midnight. extend all the kindness and understanding you can, and do it with no thought of any reward. View quote
Ted Dekker
What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy. View quote
Charles Duhigg
Rather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine. View quote
Charles Duhigg
Reading's my reward at the end of the day. View quote
Cheryl Strayed
The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf. View quote
Shakti Gawain
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended! REWARD. (Shannon Hale)
Opportunity can't reward you with its many gifts if you fail to recognize it and act on it. What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made from the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one. Let the good times roll! View quote
Ernie J Zelinski
She refused to think of Neil, brave and quiet, whose reward for a heroic rescue was to be slowly devoured by strange cave balloons. View quote
Brandon Mull
One of the biggest ways we don't support ourselves is by not asking for support. Asking can take courage, but the reward is immense. View quote
Gabrielle Bernstein
To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person's mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance. View quote
Dan Ariely
I think we need to think about our physical activity as a reward, as something enjoyable and something we look forward to doing, not something that we regard as self-flogging. View quote
Dan Buettner
When the reward is the activity itself--deepening learning, delighting customers, doing one's best--there are no shortcuts. View quote
Daniel H. Pink
Typically, if you reward something, you get more of it. You punish something, you get less of it. And our businesses have been built for the last 150 years very much on that kind of motivational scheme. View quote
Daniel H. Pink
To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with. View quote
Diane Lane
In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains. View quote
Alex Berenson
Defense contractors are able to reap tremendous profits while rarely confronting the risks for which those profits are supposed to be the reward. (James Surowiecki)
I really don't feel that any of the pieces I wrote were confessions; there are no revelations about secrets in my life, and actually I have nothing to confess and I certainly do not ask for redemption and there is no reward for confessing that I expect. View quote
Aleksandar Hemon
Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got them in order to sew up approval. View quote
Caroline Knapp
You know, the reward for 'Captain America' is amazing. It's always fun to see a giant spectacle film and see the fun stuff - the special effects. View quote
Chris Evans
If you attend a study session, only behave like a man wishing to expand his knowledge and seeking a higher reward from God. Do not act like a man content with what he holds, who is waiting for a weakness (from someone) to criticize (it or him), or an oddity to raise. This will be acting like vile people who have never mastered science.' ‘If you attend with good intentions you will obtain the best results. Otherwise just stay at home, awarding yourself rest, a good morality, and a salutary outcome in front of God. View quote
Ibn Hazm