Top 80 Recognition Quotes

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People want to be recognized. With that in mind, check out the top 80 recognition quotes.

#80 – 70. Recognition Quotes

80. Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else. – Joseph Heller

79. Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. – Immanuel Kant

78. It’s more than who you recognize. It’s how you recognize. It’s when. It’s why. – O.C. Tanner Company

77. Recognition is the most inexpensive, easy-to-use motivational technique available to management. – Jim Clemmer

76. Recognition is not a scare resource. You can’t use it up or run out of it. – Susan M. Heathfield

75. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – G.K. Chesteron

74. I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers, and that people flourish when they are praised. – Sir Richard Branson

73. I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. – Bette Midler

72. Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. – William Penn

71. Whatever is popular deserves attention. – James Mackintosh

70. A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#69 – 60. Recognition Quotes

69. People always clap for the wrong things. – J.D. Salinger

68. Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. – Stephen R. Covey

67. Recognition is the greatest motivator. – Gerard C. Eakedale

66. The role of the CEO is to enable people to excel, help them discover their own wisdom, engage themselves entirely in their work, and accept responsibility for making change. – Vineet Nayar

65. Recognition is not a scarce resource. You can’t use it up or run out of it. – Susan M. Heathfield

64. In behavioral economic terms, when we offer recognition we are acknowledging that the recipients have met a social ideal. They are behaving in a certain manner because they believe is the right thing to do. If we then recognize that behavior with praise or appreciation, we offer a confirmation that their behavior is desirable, and do so in a manner that recipients find meaningful. – Cindy Ventrice

63. I would jump down Etna for any public good — but I hate a mawkish popularity. – John Keats

62. He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. – Oliver Goldsmith

61. People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise and rewards. – Dale Carnegie

60. Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter!! – Marion D. Hanks

#59 – 50. Recognition Quotes

59. Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch. – Fournier

58. Realize that employees and the customers both have to be engaged, at the same time, to move your business forward for sustainable success. – Robert G. Thompson

57. Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement. – George Adams

56. It’s very inexpensive to give a compliment. – Joyce Meyer

55. There are two things people want more than sex and money: recognition and praise. – Mary Kay Ash

54. To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. – Aldous Huxley

53. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They’re absolutely free and worth a fortune. – Sam Walton

52. Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

51. By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved. – Mark Twain

50. Applause waits on success. – Benjamin Franklin

#49 – 40. Recognition Quotes

49. Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. – Margaret Fuller

48. Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulation upon anyone’s achievement. – President Lyndon Johnson

47. Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. – Abraham Lincoln

46. When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way. – Alan Loy McGinnis

45. Popularity? It’s glory’s small change. – Victor Hugo

44. Take time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways. – Dr. Bob Nelson

43. What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. – Erich Fromm

42. Don’t do something for recognition, Do it out of kindness, do it because out of giving, it will make you whole and complete. – Angie Karan Krezos

41. If you do not treat people with the respect they deserve, do not expect any kind of commitment to your productivity goals and target. – Ian Fuhr

40. Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him. – Wilson Mizner

#39 – 30. Recognition Quotes

39. Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management. – Eraldo Banovac

38. The one who pleased everybody died before they were born. – Proverb

37. The craving for recognition is every artist’s Achilles heel. – Marty Rubin

36. It is important that you recognized your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share your achievements with others. Brag a little. The recognition and support of those around you is nurturing. – Rosemarie Rossetti

35. What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise-although the philosophers generally call it recognition’! – William James

34. Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. – Thomas Carlyle

33. The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. – William James

32. A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results. – Simon Sinek

31. There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem. – Alfred Lunt

30. The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). – David Mamet

#29 – 20. Recognition Quotes

29. I’m shopping around for something to do that no one will like. – Jerry Garcia

28. No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. – Mary Kay Ash

27. Mary Kay knew that when you put people first and then surround them with processes and disciplines that recognize their efforts, performance will soar. – David C. Novak

26. People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition. – Dr. Bob Nelson

25. There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. – Mother Teresa

24. I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know. – Epicurus

23. Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment. – Bill Walsh

22. If you don’t create a great, rewarding place for people to work, they won’t do great work. – Ari Weinzweig

21. Especially when you’re at a high level in an organization, criticism can be devastating to an employee. I prefer to praise employees for what they’re doing right, and it tends to lead to them doing more of the same. Not always, but it’s the way I choose to bet. – Sir Richard Branson

20. If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. – Luc de Clapiers

#19 – 10. Recognition Quotes

19. There’s nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back. – Billy Martin

18. True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after. – Lord Mansfield

17. Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated. – Robert McNamara

16. Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being. – Rita Mae Brown

15. Men want recognition of their work, to help them to believe in themselves. – Dorothy Miller Richardson

14. I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time. – Steffi Graf

13. Avoid popularity if you would have peace. – Abraham Lincoln

12. Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. – Arnold H. Glasow

11. In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action. – Aristotle

10. You’ve got to get your team to not only understand your company brand, but also to understand their personal brand. – Amber Hurdle

#9 – 1. Recognition Quotes

9. The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. – Henry David Thoreau

8. To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace. – Doug Conant

7. It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn’t, and when it does, we may well reject it. – Spencer Tracy

6. Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. – Yogi Berra

5. The only thing that happens overnight is recognition. Not talent. – Carol Haney

4. Correction does much, but encouragement does more. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

3. Give recognition where it is due. Compliments stimulate more effort and desire to improve. Be generous with honest praising. – Bruce Lee

2. What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise — although the philosophers generally call it ‘recognition’! – William James

1. Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They’re just more engaged at work. – Tom Rath

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