Quotes about Recognition
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities
— Oscar Wilde
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.
— Confucius
Don't worry if you have no position: worry about making yourself worthy of one. Don't worry if you aren't known and admired: devote yourself to a life that deserves admiration.
— Confucius
I am not worried that nobody knows me. I seek to become fit to be known
— Confucius
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
— Confucius
Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.
— Cormac McCarthy
They came upon themselves in a mirror and he almost raised the pistol. It's us, Papa, the boy whispered. It's us.
— Cormac McCarthy
Look around you, he said. There is no prophet in the earth's long chronicle who's not honored here today. Whatever form you spoke of you were right.
— Cormac McCarthy
Look around you, he said. There is no prophet in the earth's long chronicle who's not honored here today. Whatever form you spoke of you were right.
— Cormac McCarthy
Had you noticed them before? he asked. No, never before, she replied. And now you will always see them, he said.
— DH Lawrence
Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
— Dale Carnegie
Be 'hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise,' and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime — repeat them years after you have forgotten them.
— Dale Carnegie