Personal Recognition Quotes

I want to be known for my work, that's most important.

I think I would know Nora's fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women.

I'm always honored to be speaking alongside Deepak Chopra.

They that know one another salute a farre off.

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service.

It's incredible to win an individual award in a team sport and also one where everybody wants to be able to say, 'I'm the best.'

Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms.

People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.

I really am happy that I met my agency and my management company, because they see me as a person and not just a Latin woman.

Are you who I think you are?

Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment.

I really want people to know I'm a songwriter.

He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different.

You say you are a nameless man. You are not to your wife and to your child. You will not long remain so to your immediate colleagues if you can answer their simple questions when they come into your office. You are not nameless to me. Do not remain nameless to yourself — it is too sad a way to be. Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of the naïve ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacher's ideals are.

As a man of colour, I've spent my life asking people to see me for who I am. With Obama in the White House, it feels like people have finally caught up to where I've been most of my life.

Mathematicians, like cows in the dark, all look alike to me.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Don't get me wrong. I want people to know who I am.

I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.

I am I because my little dog knows me.

The people who matter will recognize who you are.

I really want to demonstrate I'm not to be overlooked anymore.

It's great to have a lot of support; people recognizing what you're doing out there and identifying with you in whatever way they see fit is a great fit, I think, and for me it's neat, for people to want to come to the golf course and watch me play golf.

This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.