Quotes About Recognition

They forget the favors they have received and imagine they have earned their success by their own merits.

The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear.

The worst fate in the world for a man who yearns fame, glory, and, of course, power is to be ignored.

People's need for validation and recognition, their need to feel important, is the best kind of weakness to exploit. First, it is almost universal; second, exploiting it is so very easy.

Thus it is plain that faults that are evident to the senses, gross and corporal, or otherwise notorious to the world, we know by our enemies sooner than by our friends and familiars. PLUTARCH, C. A.D. 46-120

What withdraws, what becomes scarce, suddenly seems to deserve our respect and honor.

Antes que nada, quisiera dar las gracias a Anna Biller por sus incontables contribuciones a este libro:

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Often the most powerful men in a state can pass down a street unrecognized, while the most famous bask in feted impotence

Demandred blocked Lan's attack but he breathed hoarsely. Who are you? Demandred whispered again. No one of this Age has such skill. Asmodean? No, no. He couldn't have fought me like this. Lews Therin? It is you behind that face, isn't it? I am just a man, Lan whispered. That is all I have ever been.

How do you know when a woman wants to kill you?" Rand mused. "When she knows your name?" Dobraine did not sound as if he were joking.

Egwene didn't notice someone new entering the tent. Rand did, however, and he spun as the flaps parted and let in light. He frowned at the interloper. His frown died as soon as he saw the person who entered. Moiraine.

He was as much a fool as any man or woman. He just had enough experience to recognize it. It took a few seasons before a man could put that together.

power often grew from others deciding that you already had power, and an appearance of wealth could give that.

Once the heron to set his path; Twice the heron to name him true.

How do you know when a woman wants to kill you?" Rand mused. "When she knows your name?" Dobraine

I just want my father to be proud of me.

Well, heroes got patted on the head, then pushed out of the way until the next time a hero was needed, if they survived being a hero in the first place. Very often, heroes did not.

How do you know when a woman wants to kill you?" Rand mused. "When she knows your name?

Any Sitter would recognize

A flower in a field of weeds was always a sight, but if you passed cultivated flower beds every day, none of them drew your notice.

You are well muscled for such a short man, Matrim Cauthon.

Who are you that addresses me so? Hide your face from me, stranger. I had a son, once, with a face like that. I do not wish to see it on a killer.

me, and went away." "They looked at you," Mat said with a grin, "like you