Quotes About Recognition

He felt […] as if he'd just gotten a letter, out of the blue, from somebody wise enough to know the truth, from everybody, or at least everybody who mattered. "Hello," the letter said. "Hello, Jeff Greene, I've been watching you and I like you and I want to know you better. This is just to say I'm glad you're alive in the world." The list of signatures, he thought, would include his own.

She lowered her eyes, and suddenly saw the fox. He was looking up at her. Her chin was pressed down, and his eyes were looking up. They met her eyes. And he knew her. She was spellbound — she knew he knew her. So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her, he was not daunted.

For God's sake, all of you, say spiteful things about me, then I shall know I mean something to you. Don't say surgaries, or I'm done.

Had you noticed them before? he asked. No, never before, she replied. And now you will always see them, he said.

Si rese conto, ora, che la dea-cagna del successo, aveva due grandi appetiti: uno era la fame di adulazione, di lusinghe, di carezze e moine che le davano gli artisti e gli scrittori. Ma l'altro era più feroce, era fame di carne e di ossa. E la carne e le ossa per la dea-cagna del successo, erano forniti dagli uomini che facevano denaro nelle industrie.

He had no particular character, having always depended on his position in society to give him position among men.

Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.

If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are.

Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping.

The unvarnished truth is that almost all the people you meet feel themselves superior to you in some way, and a sure way to their hearts is to let them realize in some subtle way that you recognize their importance, and recognize it sincerely.

Always make the other person feel important. John Dewey, as we have already noted, said that the desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature;

It is an interesting paradox that the more you surrender the credit for something you've done, the more memorable you become, and the more you actually end up receiving credit.

Give honest and sincere appreciation.

John Dewey, as we have already noted, said that the desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature; and William James said: "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.

the average person is more interested in his or her own name than in all the other names on earth put together.

People work for money but go the extra mile for praise, recognition, and rewards.

We often take our spouses so much for granted that we never let them know we appreciate them.

Dr. Dewey said that the deepest urge in human nature is "the desire to be important." Remember that phrase: "the desire to be important." It is significant. You are going to hear a lot about it in this book.

Lincoln once began a letter saying: "Everybody likes a compliment." William James said: "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my self-esteem.

Principle 2 Give honest and sincere appreciation.