Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

Injuries should all be done together in order that men may taste their bitterness but a short time and be little disturbed. Benefits ought to be conferred a little at a time, that their flavor may be tasted better.

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.

Nothing in fine print is ever good news.

I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does something good.

A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.

You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.

QVC has been very good to me.

The good news does not make the front pages. The bad news does make the front pages.

Those responsible for social insecurity will receive harsher punishment

Punishment alone governs all created beings.

The good news always comes to the top. What I need to know is the bad news.

Okay, we've won. What do we do now?

if there are any German-Americans here who are so ungrateful for all the benefits they have received that they are still for the Kaiser, there is only one thing to do with them. And that is to hog-tie them, give them back the wooden shoes and the rags they landed in, and ship them back to the Fatherland.

The great secrecy is speedy justice.

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

Let no good deed go unpunished!

To keep his servant honest the prince ought to study him, honoring him, enriching him, doing him kindnesses.

You can get people to work by using threats or by promising rewards.

The day I do get my Roc Nation chain is going to be so much more valuable than if they gave it to me the day I signed. You have to earn it.

If you're not going to be rewarded for your virtues, and instead you're going to be punished for them, then what's your motivation to continue?

We don't want to upset our fans, because that's not what we are here to do.

The greatest management principle in the world is: 'the things that get rewarded and appreciated get done.'

Obstinacy can bring only a penalty and no reward.