Quotes About Recognition

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.

Whatever we refuse to recognize about ourselves has a way of rearing its head and making itself known when we least expect it.

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling that i may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat.

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.

Thank you for that experience.

Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.

It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.

It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?

No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field.

All thought begins with the recognition that something is out of place.

When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.

The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.