Quotes about Recognition

What we call a vice is actually an inability to recognize what has the greatest value.

Accomplishments should be on the lips of all.

There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he does not mind who gets the credit.

As the world recognizes Wilberforce, his work, and his Savior, let us not fall into former pits of forgetfulness.

I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.

I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.

No one actually knows how popular you are or how people think of you until and unless a few of the people who like your work walk up to you and let you know that you are really good. You can see the honesty in their eyes.

It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.

To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts.

It's like, we all grow up thinking it would be so nice to have hundreds of people falling over themselves trying to grab us, telling us we're great, that they love us.

It's emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.

I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them.