Quotes about Recognition

Leaving the Great House, my presence became known to the colored people, some of whom were children of those I had known when a boy. They all seemed delighted to see me, and were pleased when I called over the names of many of the old servants

Humility does not mean a submissiveness, a passiveness, a willingness to be walked on, or a desire to live in the doghouse. Humility is a virtue by which we recognize ourselves as we really are, not as we would like to be in the eyes of the public; not as our press notices say we are, but as we are in the sight of God when we examine our conscience.

It is only when we recognize our inferiority that we become superior to others.

For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?

Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration?

People out for posthumous fame forget that the Generations To Come will be the same annoying people they know now.

Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised.

You want the praise of people who kick themselves every 15 minutes. The praise of people who despise themselves?

Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like dogs peeing on fire hydrants.

Now I wanted to be acknowledged, but I feared it.

I would like to be found. I would like to see. Or to be seen. I wonder if, in the eye of God, it amounts to the same thing.