#reward

Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

#enforced #immediate #lessons #life #life is a

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#agents #army #close #commander #confidential

I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports. ↗

— Julius Erving

#doing #enjoyed #enough #fed #game

Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse. ↗

— Julius Erving

#effort #else #faced #find #going

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see. ↗

— Vera Brittain

#ask #beauty #except #may #reward

The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still have satisfying and rewarding relationships with friends, or parents, or siblings, or whatever. ↗

— Chester Brown

#parents #relationships #rewarding #satisfying #sexual

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#business #complex #difficult #effective #more

The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes. ↗

— William Feather

#enterprise #reward #taxes #thrift

We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify the tax code. The ultimate answer, in my opinion, is the fair tax, which is a fair tax for everybody, because as long as we still have this messed-up tax code, the politicians are going to use it to reward winners and losers. ↗

— Herman Cain

#because #code #corporate #everybody #fair

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange. ↗

— Nick Cave

#art #beautiful #compliment #exchange #greatest