Chinese Proverb Quotes

I'm not complaining if my work is getting more recognition than me.

When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head.

It's really humbling to be acknowledged by such established names like CMT and Billboard.

I have never been one to seek or want attention or admiration or a pat on the back for what I've done.

I'm not the type of guy who wants the credit.

It's always strange to get an honor from people who are the ones that should be honored.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.

You mustn't take any award so seriously.

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.

I'm not interested in awards. I never have been. I don't think they are important. Don't get me wrong, if somebody gives me a prize, I thank them as gratefully as I know how, because it's very nice to be given a prize. But I don't think that awards ought to be sought.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.

I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?

Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.

When the Queen says 'well done,' it means so much.

If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.

May Honor be given to whom Honor may be due.

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

… his [Charles Evans Hughes’] greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man. I think it was one of the strongest things about [Theodore] Roosevelt. He never tried to minimize what other people did and often exaggerated it..

I respect you, I fear you not; and the less you speak of your own greatness, the more I will think of it.

There is no better feeling than having the approval and adulation of your fellow human beings.

Sometime you need to give credit to the opposition.

To be mentioned in the same breath as people I admire means everything to me.