Buffy Sainte-Marie

It never occurred to me that I was important enough to have some politician go out of his way to silence me. I only found out about it in the '80s by accident - a broadcaster announced they received letters of commendation from the White House for having suppressed my music. My career was so highly impacted in the U.S. it will never recover.

American Musician

George Boole

To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind.

Irish Mathematician

Isaac Barrow

Whence it is somewhat strange that any men from so mean and silly a practice should expect commendation, or that any should afford regard thereto; the which it is so far from meriting, that indeed contempt and abhorrence are due to it.

English Mathematician

Flavius Josephus

Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.

Roman Historian

Marcus Tullius Cicero

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

Roman Statesman

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.

French Writer

Used when recognizing individuals or groups for their good work.

Positive Feedback

Often appears in formal contexts, like ceremonies or written appreciations.

Formality

Emphasizes the special nature of the act or accomplishment.

Achievement Highlight

Specific to military and often associated with valor or exemplary service.

Military Honor

Military commendations are solemn and considered a high honor.

Formal Recognition

Often comes with a certificate or medal as a tangible symbol of the merit.

Certificate Merit

 she received a letter of commendation for her dedicated and detailed observations. With their support, she began to visit the Tokyo Museum of Science, where she could use a far superior telescope to continue her work. Koyama soon joined the museum's staff as a professional observer,

The woman who stared at...

 you need to point to a cause and then you need to have the surgical strike to help support whatever that problem is. So City Nature Challenge, I think, should get a commendation from the UN. Has there ever been a global effort on behalf of nature

Commendation