achieve recognition / (history) be knighted

To gain the love or affection of someone.

Having won multiple awards.

Alternative form of you win some, you lose some

Synonym of if it ain't broke, don't fix it

(idiomatic) To achieve a portion of a goal, but fail to achieve the entire goal.

Alternative form of what wins on Sunday sells on Monday

present participle of win the battle, but lose the war

(informal) It is impossible to always succeed; failure or disappointment is inevitable from time to time.

Said to describe a conflict in which someone has a particular advantage from the start.