True greatness is often unrecognized.

“Do you ever see a man who struts around altogether too large to notice an ordinary working mechanic? Do you think he is great?…

— Russell H. Conwell

“You cannot trust a man with your money who cannot take care of his own.”

— Russell H. Conwell

A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of…

— Calvin Coolidge

There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world conquest. Conquest…

— Simone Weil

My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera.

— Yousuf Karsh

Let your desire for truth transcend all minor considerations. Ignorance is invariably confident. The man of knowledge learns to realize his own needs. Be…

— Grenville Kleiser

True greatness,true leadership,is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. True service is never…

— J. Oswald Sanders

An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.

— Confucius

The unrecognized genius of our time.

— William March

“The unrecognized genius-that's one old story. Have you ever thought of a much worse one-the genius recognized too well?”

— Ayn Rand

A right which goes unrecognized by anybody is not worth very much.

— Simone Weil

“Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of being remembered…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice…

— Jonathan Davis

“perhaps real beauty was something unrecognized by the conscious self, a work that was always in progress, a thing of being rather than seeing.”

— Stephen King

The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee