Quotes About Acknowledgment

Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that one of the simplest, most obvious and most important ways of gaining good will was by remembering names and making people feel important—yet how many of us do it?

PRINCIPLE 6 Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.

PRINCIPLE 3 Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

people who would think they had committed a crime if they let their families or employees go for six days without food; but they will let them go for six days, and six weeks, and sometimes sixty years without giving them the hearty appreciation that they crave almost as much as they crave food.

PRINCIPLE 1 Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

That was the most considerate thing I have ever heard.' It was then I realized the power of appreciation.

John Dewey, one of America's most profound philosophers, phrased it a bit differently. 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.

PRINCIPLE 6 Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be 'hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.

Giving away credit is a magical multiplier

To whom have I the honour of speaking?

they also want their names known.

Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.

Carnegie wanted to praise his assistants even on his tombstone. He wrote an epitaph for himself which read: "Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.

Look what happened to John Stuart Mill when he openly and fully acknowledged the intellectual contribution made by Harriet Taylor to his work! At first he was not taken seriously, but when he continued to insist that Harriet Taylor's intellectual stature was comparable to his own, he was perceived as besotted, as swayed by the wiles of an unscrupulous woman, and his declaration was dismissed.

Our aim here is not to prove that Jesus is superior to other spiritual masters and traditions. But he really is different, and we should acknowledge it.

genius accepts genius unconditionally

In my business, one learns there is a fine line between insanity and genius. We would be wise to give this man a little respect.

Tidak ada yang lebih dihargai oleh penulis daripada pujian. Robert Langdon

I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right!

I doubt if he ever confronted and acknowledged his own deeper motivations, except when they were as pure as spring water.

I nodded, understanding nothing.

Take out a dollar bill and look at it," he said. "Now pat yourself on your back because you are looking at a certificate of performance.

You've presented a reality that not everyone has chosen to accept.

The key to growth is acknowledging your fear of the unknown and jumping in anyway.