Quotes about Acknowledgment

You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.

UCLA basketball coach John Wooden told players who scored to give a smile, wink, or nod to the player who gave them a good pass. "What if he's not looking?" asked a team member. Wooden replied, "I guarantee he'll look." Everyone values encouragement and looks for it.

Tell them how much you appreciate them.

#1 Build people up by encouragement. #2 Give people credit by acknowledgment. #3 Give people recognition by gratitude.

You can think the world of others, but if you never actually tell them, then you don't really help them.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly bigger man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

Most people tend to underestimate the time it takes to achieve something of value, but to be successful, you have to be willing to pay your dues. James Watt spent twenty years laboring to perfect his steam engine. William Harvey labored night and day for eight years to prove how blood circulated in the human body. And it took another twenty-five years for the medical profession to acknowledge he was right.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

It's easy to see the negative, but every person has something great about them. Develop a habit of looking for the good.

Begging for acknowledgment, or even asking, diminishes dignity and diminishes power.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

We must feel the pain to heal the pain. If we never allow ourselves to feel it, we won't acknowledge it's there.