Recognition of Effort Quotes

You kind of hope as a musician that you get some recognition for what you do, and when you do, it's nice. It's a really good feeling.

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

I do all the work so it's only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome.

One of the biggest gaps in sports is the difference between the winning and losing teams of the Super Bowl. They don't invite the losing team to the White House. They don't have parades for them. They don't throw confetti on them.

Dignity of labour has to be our national duty; it has to be a part of our nature.

Attention is a strange sort of being, anyway, the idea of attention if someone appreciates your work. It's always nice that someone appreciates your work.

Over a period of time it's been driven home to me that I'm not going to be the most popular writer in the world, so I'm always happy when anything in any way is accepted.

People don't yell nasty things at actors - they let them continue.

Merit rarely goes unrewarded.

It's nice to be recognized and rewarded if people in the game think you are making an impact.

Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive.

Go on working, freely and furiously, you will make progress and sooner or later your worth will be recognised, if you have any.

As a mother, I work hard every day and I expect that work to be recognized and appreciated. Because I work for and with human beings, sometimes they're grateful and sometimes they aren't.

It's always nice when your work is recognized.

I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but important for the critic to keep it in mind - a thought he can only know if he's made something himself.

When you're a child, you crave formal recognition; you crave ceremony, celebration, certification of proof.

We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair.

I'm not going to complain about the fact that people are paying attention to my work. I suppose that wouldn't be fair.

Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language.

My guess is the great majority of teachers would welcome a system where innovation is embraced, where their hard work and their students' achievement are applauded and rewarded.

I have not been recognized.

Runners are competitive folks. I think some might feel slighted they haven't got more recognition. I think they have a point. In running, you won't necessarily get noticed just for turning in good performances.

Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise.