Society...Institutions...REWARD
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1195 CH
“In a hierarchy, individuals tend to rise to their level of incompetence.”
— Laurence J. Peter
CREWARD, Business, Potential, Errors, Ignorance
1196
“The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
REWARD, Excellence
1197
“Find a job that you really like and you’ll never have to work again.” — Unknown
REWARD, Happiness, Motivation
1198
“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.” — John Ruskin
REWARD, Perseverance
1199
“Money is the fringe benefit of a job you like.” — Unknown
REWARD, Wealth
1200
“Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.”
— Elbert Hubbard
REWARD, Procrastination
1201 H
“If money does not do
As much for us as it did.
Perhaps we do not do
As much for it as we did.” — Rolf B. White
REWARD, Wealth, Motivation
1202 H
“As long as the bosses pretend to pay us, we will pretend to work.” — Russian Proverb
REWARD, Motivation
1203
“If a business be unprofitable on account of bad management, want of enterprise or out-worn methods, that is not a just reason for reducing the wages of its workers.”
— Pius XI
REWARD, Business, Leadership, Wealth
1204
“After all, what the worker does is buy back from those who finance him, the goods that he himself produces. Pay him a wage that enables him to buy, and you fill your market with ready consumers.” — James J(ohn) Davis
REWARD, Business, Competition
1205 H
“A farm is a hunk of land on which, if you get up early enough mornings and work late enough
nights, you’ll make a fortune... if you strike oil on it.” — ‘Fibber’ McGee
REWARD, Wealth, Perseverance, Pessimism, Chance
1206
“Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone.” — Laurence Sterne
REWARD, Charity
1207
“Praise can give criticism a lead around the first turn and still win the race.” — Bern Williams
REWARD, Punishment
1208
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
REWARD, Punishment, Excellence
1209
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” — William James
REWARD, Love
1210
“He who praises everybody praises nobody.” — Samuel Johnson
REWARD, Motivation, Honesty
1211
“The person who seeks your advice too often is probably looking for praise rather than information.” — Unknown
REWARD, Communication
1212
“Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
REWARD, Fame, Motivation, Ego
1213 H
“Do not let trainees know the standards of acceptable performance. If they can exceed them,
you’ll want to raise the standards.” — Rebecca L. Morgan
REWARD, Accountability
1214 H
“By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve
hours a day.” — Robert Frost
REWARD, Motivation, Perseverance
1215 A
“A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too
far off, lest he freeze.” — Diogenes Laertius
REWARD, Authority
REWARD Cross-References
Fame—7 • Wealth—22 •
Motivation—92, 109 • Optimism—131 • Planning—174 •
Happiness—238, 244 • Haste—366 • Failure—399 •
Attitude—409 • Personal Management—440 • Charity—812 •
Honor—816-817 • Humility—831 • Ego—913-914 •
Conscience—976-977 • Business—1041, 1047 • Sciences—1105 •
Leadership—1139, 1144 • Competition—1168 • Punishment—1220, 1226 •
Individualism—1351 • Family & Friends—1367 •
Communication—1388 • Experience—1466
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