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Recognition4 quotes
You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you. — Fred Rogers · 2002It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Don't confuse honors with achievement. — Zadie Smith · 2010
Achievement3 quotes
You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you. — Fred Rogers · 2002It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002Don't confuse honors with achievement. — Zadie Smith · 2010
Success2 quotes
You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you. — Fred Rogers · 2002It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002
Knowledge1 quote
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651
It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651
Power1 quote
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651
Self-worth1 quote
You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you. — Fred Rogers · 2002
Wealth1 quote
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651
It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002