47 Quotes About Recognition

 

  • Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. – Abraham Lincoln

 

  • Next to excellence is the appreciation of it. – William Makepeace Thackeray

 

  • Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

 

  • People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition. – Bob Nelson

 

  • The craving for recognition is every artist’s Achilles heel. – Marty Rubin

 

  • It is better to be looked over than overlooked. – Mae West

 

  • People work for money but the extra mile for recognition, praise and rewards. – Dale Carnegie

 

  • Men want recognition of their work, to help them to believe in themselves. – Dorothy Miller Richardson

 

  • A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results. – Simon Sinek

 

  • Recognition is the greatest motivator. – Gerard C. Eakedale

 

  • You have to water the flowers you want to grow. – Stephen Covey

 

  • Don’t do something for recognition, Do it out of kindness, do it because out of giving, it will make you whole and complete. – Angie Karan Krezos

 

  • A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

 

  • When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way. – Alan Loy McGinnis

 

  • In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action. – Aristotle

 

  • There’s nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back. – Billy Martin

 

  • I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time. – Steffi Graf

 

  • By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved. – Mark Twain

 

  • People always clap for the wrong things. – J.D. Salinger

 

  • There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my self esteem. – Alfred Lunt

 

  • The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. – William James

 

  • Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated. – Robert McNamara

 

  • Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being. – Rita Mae Brown

 

  • Always remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation! – David Brandt Berg

 

  • It is important that you recognized your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share your achievements with others. Brag a little. The recognition and support of those around you is nurturing. – Rosemarie Rossetti

 

  • It’s more than who you recognize. It’s how you recognize. It’s when. It’s why. – O.C. Tanner Company

 

Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement. – Lyndon Johnson

 

Recognition quotes

  • It’s so ironic. When you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses. – Madhuri Dixit Nene

 

  • No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. – Mary Kay Ash

 

  • Recognition is the most inexpensive, easy-to-use motivational technique available to management. – Jim Clemmer

 

  • The only thing that happens overnight is recognition. Not talent. – Carol Haney

 

  • Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising. – Bruce Lee

 

  • The power of recognition is one of the strongest forces for stimulating human and social action. Yes, recognition is a powerful motivator to those who receive it as well as those who observe it. – Lowell Milken

 

  • Human nature demands recognition. Without it, people lose their sense of purpose and become dissatisfied, restless, and unproductive. – Ricardo Semler

 

  • To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing. – Joshua Lederberg

 

  • There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. – Seneca

 

  • Applause waits on success. – Benjamin Franklin

 

  • Recognition is not a scare resource. You can’t use it up or run out of it. – Susan M. Heathfield

 

  • You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. – Jim Stovall

 

  • Celebrate what you want to see more of. – Tom Peters

 

  • There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. – Mother Teresa

 

  • Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that’s a need of the human condition – to look for affection or recognition or validation. – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

 

  • What every genuine philosopher craves most is praise-although the philosophers generally call it recognition’! – William James

 

  • It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn’t, and when it does, we may well reject it. – Spencer Tracy

 

  • I will tell you king’s first law of recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much. – Billie Jean King

 

  • Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter!! – Marion D. Hanks

 

  • Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside. – Alan Cohen