Recognition Quotes

The purpose of your life is the purpose you bring to it choice by choice and recognition by recognition.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Starting over begins when I develop a reawakened appreciation for what I already have, a renewed recognition of what I’ve recklessly forsaken, a rehabilitated understanding that I foolishly do both of those things, and a revitalized commitment to live the rest of my life never doing either of them again.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

I had such a hard time giving all the glory to God when first accepting Him as Lord. Coming out of a theatre background where there were many applauds and accolades, I suffered from what I call attention-itis - the need for recognition. It took many years and much eating of crow before I became conscious of giving all praise to God for my accomplishments.

~ Sheryl Young

You don't have to be a big name to do big things. Shine does not require recognition.

~ T.f. Hodge

It's better to find success through God, than finding it on one's own merits; some who usually find their own success become boastful, where through God it's with gratitude.

~ Anthony Liccione

She did not even trouble herself much to show Godfrey her gratitude. We may spoil gratitude as we offer it, by insisting on its recognition. To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.

~ George Macdonald

Gratitude is a powerful trait.

~ Auliq Ice

Empowerment comes from self-realization and recognition of our internal gifts, which we already have.

~ Bryant Mcgill

Looking back, I have come to realize that the gang lifestyle back then—the fame, the respect, and the recognition—was stronger and powerful than any drug. We were serious with what we were dealing with. It was like a do or die situation. Shelton ‘Apples’ Burrows reform gang leader

~ Drexel Deal

It amazes me that we are all on Twitter and Facebook. By we I mean adults. We're adults, right? But emotionally we're a culture of seven-year-olds. Have you ever had that moment when are you updating your status and you realize that every status update is just a variation on a single request: Would someone please acknowledge me?

~ Marc Maron

In middle school I played against you once. And lost. I was so frustrated that I continued practicing even after I retired... And then when I entered high school, hell yeah, I laughed. The guy I vowed to defeat no matter what was standing right in front of me as one of my own teammates. But now it's pointless to hold a grudge. Rather, I wanted to make you recognize me. (Takao Kazunari)

~ Tadatoshi Fujimaki

One thing about a skunk—once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

[George Everett Macdonald was] a valiant soldier for human liberty.

~ Clarence Darrow

She smiled at me with such merriment of recognition, and such a yearning to be recognised in return, that you would think this was a moment granted to her when she was let out of the shadows for one day in a thousand.

~ Alice Munro

​You can always tell when someone deserves the praise and recognition they receive, because it humbles them rather than inflating their ego.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

You can't succeed in any endeavor if your motive is solely selfish- feeding your ego, seeking recognition, fame, etc. Find a lasting motivation...

~ Assegid Habtewold

Recognizing isn't at all like seeing, the two often don't even agree.

~ Sten Nadolny

We are so small; and what must one hold on to when one no longer recognizes one's own hands, nor one's step, nor even the small dose of everyday despair.

~ Danielle Collobert

Knowledge is not discovery, but recognition.

~ Raheel Farooq

He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.

~ Robert G. Ingersoll

This man [Alexander von Humboldt] is as knowledgeable as a whole academy.

~ Claude Louis Berthollet

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.

~ Thomas Jefferson

No-one ever built a statue of a critic.

~ David Nicholls

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

~ Orrin Woodward

As facing the sea reveals the skyand facing the sky reveals the seafacing my soul reveals your soul

~ Xiaobo Liu

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

~ Arthur Conan Doyle

True happiness that stands the taste of time comes by recognizing and appreciating what we do possess.

~ Ogwo David Emenike

Oppenheimer’s theorizing was so startlingly original — so far in advance of the corroborating observations and so far off the beaten track of astrophysical research — that his colleagues’ ignorance cost him the recognition he deserved.

~ Algis Valiunas

I'm less amazed with your success and more with how you remain unaffected by what it brings with it.

~ Ramana Pemmaraju

Gandhi sacrificed India for his own fame and recognition. Without Gandhi, there would have been a different India; a very masculine one.

~ M.f. Moonzajer

When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she is recognized, but we are saying that she occupies the intersection of both – that she is recognized and worthy; even that she is recognized because she's worthy. In the case of arate, the direction of the because can seem a little vaguer, so that it can sometimes seem almost as if someone is regarded as worthy because they are recognized.

~ Rebecca Goldstein

This pervasive craving to be recognized as special amounted to an abdication of power, an outsourcing of your core responsibilities. I spurned the fawning of strangers, but I did feel special to myself. I had found that feeling special was a private experience, and no one else's projected fascination could substitute for quiet absorption in your own life.

~ Lionel Shriver

Climbing towards fame, recognition and popularity is very much pleasant; but all its sweetness does not count even for a day of going down.

~ M.f. Moonzajer

Because personally I think mattering is a piss-poor idea. I just want to fly under the radar, because when you start to make yourself into a big deal, that’s when you get shot down. The bigger a deal you are, the worse your life is.

~ John Green

Many people do not fall in love, they fall in love with the idea of themselves being in love. They never see the other person. I don't ask for much, I only ask to be seen.

~ C. Joybell C.

If you don't toot your own horn, don't complain that there's no music.

~ Guy Kawasaki

You'd kill yourself for recognitionkill yourself to never, ever stopYou broke another mirroryou're turning into something you are not.

~ Tonya Hurley

Awards and recognition are not the purpose of life and not the goal of an activist. The heart of an activist usually redonates the money, or uses the accolades as a foot in the door for more activism and awareness. A plack on the wall won’t change the world; it only shows your devotion.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Those who recognize their innocence do not expect, receive, or accept punishment from any outside source.

~ Alan Cohen