A Quote by Gay Hendricks

One of the hallmarks of an evolved person is the ability to tell the truth with no fear of punishment or expectation of reward

Gay Hendricks

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Ability Evolved Expectation Fear No Fear Person Punishment Reward Tell Truth

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Gay Hendricks
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Born: 1945

I think that one must approach the Logos Savior, not induced by the fear of punishment and not in the expectation of some kind of a reward, but primarily for the sake of the good in itself. Such will stand on the right in the sanctuary.

Clement of Alexandria

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.

Ramakrishna

The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.

J. C. Ryle

The whole religion of Islam is based on reward and punishment and reward and punishment, and it becomes a part of how you think of everything. Even yourself.

Kumail Nanjiani

It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.

Maimonides

As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth - whatever the truth may be - that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life.

June Jordan

I gather that the dopaminergic system in the reward centres of the brain respond even more vigorously to the expectation of reward than to reward itself. Hence, perhaps, the disappointment.

Semir Zeki

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

Penn Jillette

There are only two stimulants to ones best efforts: the fear of punishment, and the hope of reward.

John Moulder Wilson

Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and Success is not reward. They're just failure and success. You can choose how you respond.