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“For some, the only reward is a personal one. [There are no medals, only] the knowledge that they finished what they set out to…

— Robert D. Hales

“Allow me to pay this small tribute to you who taught so much to those of us who wanted to be writers when we…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Intellectually, they knew a great deal. Practically, they chose to know almost nothing.”

— Peter Benchley

“We want recognition, not accomplishment.”

— Gavin de Becker

“What were those prizes to me when the one I desired the most was withheld from me?”

— Melanie Benjamin

“The ones who win usually don't need the prize.”

— Jake Colsen

“Intelligence comes with hard work and curiosity for the unknown.”

— Roberto Llamas

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”

— Albert Einstein

“There are no prizes for defying yourself.”

— Stephen Richards

“...he never asked nor accepted any reward, because he was good and simple and did not think that one did good for a reward.”

— Primo Levi

“But of course we can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“I am an intellectual. This does not mean I am intelligent, but that ideas are more important to me than people.”

— George Sheehan