#recognition

Even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of him formed by generalization from his appearances in the past. ↗

— James G. Frazer

#appearances #day #even #every #every day

For me, it’s not about winning an award. It’s also about not even being nominated. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#honor #ignored #nominated #nomination #praise

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#gifts #mediocrity #recognition #sherlock-holmes #talent

They didn't recognize me," I repeat. He stops in turn, my hand still on his arm. "It is because they have never seen you," he says. "I would recognize you anywhere. ↗

— Muriel Barbery

#recognition #love

One thing about a skunk - once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#recognition #richelle #richelle-goodrich #skunk #stink

It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #glow #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

While she lay there with these old worn thoughts coming obediently into her mind, called there by habit and the familiar quiet of early morning, she was aware that at the back of her mind there was another thought that was not at all stale, but so fresh that it was nearly a feeling, with all a feeling's delicious power to kill thought. ↗

— Stella Gibbons

#recognition #thought-provoking-humourous #thoughts #introspection

You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#completion #love #music #recognition #sad

Deep within, there is something profoundly known, not consciously, but subconsciously. A quiet truth, that is not a version of something, but an original knowing. What this, absolute, truth [identity] is may be none of our business…but it is there, guiding us along the path of greater becoming; a true awareness. It is so self-sustaining that our recognition of it is not required. We are offspring’s of such a powerfully divine force – Creator of all things known and unknown. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#creator #guidance #identity #inner-self #knowledge

True happiness that stands the taste of time comes by recognizing and appreciating what we do possess. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#happiness #inspirational #motivational #recognition #inspirational