Positive Reinforcement Quotes

The question is the propriety of how we go about influencing and changing behavior.

But the experience that I had, which was basically just feeling loved and taken care of in a room full of thousands of people I didn't know, seemed to be a pretty strong sign that what I was doing was a good thing.

No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence.

Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives.

My mother-in-law thinks I'm more beautiful than all the other faces around. She keeps encouraging me to take up more work.

Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome

Surround yourself with those who won’t compete but will revel in your success and see your ascent as a reflection of their own possibilities.

Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes them strive to justify themselves. Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurts their sense of importance, and arouses resentment.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

People say, "I wish I had more motivation today, because then I would try something." But our thinking is backward. The way our brain works is that dopamine - the so-called feel-good chemical - is released the second we actually do something. So the motivation doesn't come before, it comes after.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.

My mother was the greatest mother in the world. She thought I was the greatest thing on two feet. I'd come home with a little composition I had written at school, and she'd look at it and say, 'It's wonderful! You're another Shakespeare!' I always assumed I could do anything. It really is amazing how much that has to do with your attitude.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit.

Treat people the way they are and they will stay that way. Treat people the way they can become and they will become that way.

When a director can give you a word that allows you to feel less tense about yourself, to make you feel like you indeed are good enough before you even get to the work, you can't ask for anything more than that.

I've made game-winners, I've missed game-winners. I've pitched shutouts, and I've given up 10 runs. You just deal with the experiences and learn how to get over the bad outings and learn from them, so they don't occur time and time again. You take what you did right from the good games and turn those into, 'How do I repeat that success?'

I think our jobs as parents is to raise our children with empathy - to figure out who this little character is, almost from birth, and then guide them to fulfill their best potential.

Some discrimination is perfectly reasonable. The discrimination between trying to teach our kids what most of human history has thought was a desirable lifestyle that will contribute to their happiness, and trying to deter them - not to prohibit, and not to punish - but trying to steer them in a direction that will contribute to their happiness.

I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

Praise in public; rebuke in private.