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• The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege dose not change the nature nor the seriousness of the practice. This woe is pronounced upon those who would pervert standards of mortality and decency. They seek man’s approval of that which God had condemned. They have been successful in getting legislation passed to make such perversion legal and acceptable by society.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Successful, Men, Practice

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• The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or — if they think there is not — at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Men, Thinking

  C. S. Lewis (2012). “The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics”, p.64, HarperCollins UK

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• When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they will do as they choose, in the confidence that no one will know their vagaries; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majority because they are supported by the approval of their neighbours. It is not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Mean, Eye, Thinking

  The Moon and Sixpence ch. 14 (1919)

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• Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I put away childish things, along with the desire to be very grown up.

  C. S. Lewis

  Men, Desire, Adults

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• Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Thinking, World, Forget

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• Sometimes people will hear you and be able to change their behavior, but often their behavior has more to do with their own need for approval than with your need for support. No matter what their response, you need to be firm and hold your ground. At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility.

  Jillian Michaels

  Fitness, Responsibility, People

  Jillian Michaels (2009). “Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval.

  Oscar Wilde

  Tests, Pleasure, Pleasures Of Life

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.56, Wordsworth Editions

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• Loving humanity means as much, and as little, as loving raindrops, or loving the Milky Way. You say that you love humanity? Are you sure you aren’t treating yourself to easy self-congratulation, seeking approval, making certain you’re on the right side?

  Julian Barnes

  Congratulations, Mean, Self

  Julian Barnes (1984). “Flaubert's parrot”, Vintage

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• Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.

  Gregory Maguire

  Mind, Care, Overrated

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• He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth. They were both drunk. Everything familiar and welcome. Everything beautiful.

  Sherman Alexie

  Beautiful, Mother, Father

  Sherman Alexie (2013). “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”, p.107, Open Road Media

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• She just wanted to be comfortable in her own skin...But she would not stop to seek others' approval. The notion that she should never seemed to enter her head. Her right to live as she pleased was not up for negotiation, even if it ran against the grain of the milieu at Huntingdon.

  Charles J. Shields

  Skins, Negotiation, Should

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• Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.

  Mitch Albom

  Letting Go, Mother, Children

  Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.77, Hachette UK

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• Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, apple-polishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring your every move, even your every base though.

  Richard Dawkins

  Moving, Mean, Surveillance Cameras

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• The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval or I don’t think I’m worth two cents. And I am starting to get over it, thank God. And I’m just sad because I don’t have many years left and I wish I had a longer space of time to think that Elaine Stritch is okay.

  Elaine Stritch

  Thinking, Years, Two

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• It is not a lack of spiritual experience that leads to failure, but a lack of working to keep our eyes focused and on the right goal. At least once a week examine yourself before God to see if your life is measuring up to the standard He has for you. Paul was like a musician who gives no thought to audience approval, if he can only catch a look of approval from his Conductor.

  Oswald Chambers

  Spiritual, Eye, Giving

  "My Utmost for His Highest".

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• Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like and approve of myself. The people who count (including me) will respect me when I'm true to who I really am.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, People, Needs

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• To us, our house was not unsentient matter -- it had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence, and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benediction.

  Mark Twain

  Heart, Eye, House

  Mark Twain (2004). “The Letters of Mark Twain”, p.251, 1st World Publishing

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• It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of self-approval.

  Mark Twain

  Self, Society, Requirements

  Mark Twain (2000). “The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories”, p.85, Book Tree

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• In his essay 'Self-Reliance' Emerson wrote, 'Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.' The Apostle Paul reminds us that whoso would be a Christian must also be a a nonconformist. Any Christian who blindly accepts the opinions of the majority and in fear and timidity follows a path of expediency and social approval is a mental and spiritual slave.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christian, Spiritual, Men

  "Strength to Love". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr. , Ch. 2, 1963.

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• When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful.

  Caroline Myss

  Powerful, Needs, Mystic

  Caroline Myss (2013). “Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential”, p.33, Harmony

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• God's approval is a whole lot easier to get than man's.

  Beth Moore

  Men, Easier, Whole

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• Take your focus off how others see you. Cease being obsessed with the need to impress your friends and your foes. Keep your concern on the vision you see in the mirror. Don’t allow the approval of others to obstruct your view of you.

  Tavis Smiley

  Mirrors, Views, Approval Of Others

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• You get the most approval when you care the least about it.

  Wayne Dyer

  Care

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work.

  Ernest Vincent Wright

  Joy, Mankind, Knows

  Ernest Vincent Wright (2014). “Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E"”, p.55, WETZEL PUBLISHING CO., INC.

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• WHAT A TIRING WAY TO LIVE, WHEN YOUR SELF-WORTH IS CONSTANTLY RELYING ON THE AFFIRMATION AND APPROVAL OF OTHERS.

  Darlene Zschech

  Self Worth, Approval Of Others, Way To Live

  Darlene Zschech (2001). “Extravagant worship”

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