Quotes about Incentive

Neither can one who wills the Good do so out of fear of punishment. In essence, this is the same thing as willing the Good for the sake of a reward.

Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes.

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

If we raise taxes on corporations, what incentive will they have to make money other than the fact that it's the sole reason they exist.

If doing the bad thing never brought benefits, no one would ever do

Behavior that is rewarded is behavior that will continue.

Satisfied needs do not motivate.

If people are basically selfish -and they are- then asking them to work hard yet earn no more than their unproductive neighbor is asking more than they'll rarely give. But we already know that; communism has failed.

You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live

Reinforce what you want to see repeated.What gets rewarded gets done.

Reward only finished work: It's good to praise effort, but you should never reward it. Give