Approval Quotes - Page 5

• One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?

  Tom Baker

  Laughter, People, Laughing

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• The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become for someone's approval. Within you is a void that should have been filled by self-esteem. When you attempt to fill it with the approval of others instead, the void grows deeper and the hunger for acceptance and approval grows stronger. The only solution is to summon the courage to honor your own judgment, frightening though that may be in the beginning.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Self Esteem, Eye, Acceptance

  Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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• You have the approval of yourself. That's quite enough for we who know true inner peace! - Charmainism

  Charmaine

  Inner Peace, Enough, Knows

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• Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.

  Timothy Keller

  Idols, Comfort, Daily Life

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• There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.

  Robert Mitchum

  People, Trying, Tricks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Do you really mean the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward? That's not morality, that's just sucking up.

  Richard Dawkins

  Mean, Trying, Rewards

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• Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of the misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves-their convictions and their aspirations-every day. There is nothing noble about it. It takes far more courage to fight for your values than to relinquish them.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Fighting, People, Desire

  Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't seek approval. This may be the toughest suggestion for you to follow -- and the most important. Whether you'te a teenager seeking approval from your peers, a middle-aged parent seeking the approval of your kids, or a man or woman seeking the approval of a partner, it all amounts to the same thing. You're giving your personal power away every time you seek validation from someone else for who you are.

  T. J. MacGregor

  Teenager, Kids, Men

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• Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people.

  Mark Twain

  Approval Of Others, Self, People

  Mark Twain (2000). “The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories”, p.87, Book Tree

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• How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

  Jane Austen

  Math, Logic, Persuasion

  Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.145, BookCaps Study Guides

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• The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.

  William Wordsworth

  Soul, Depth, Tumult

  'Laodamia' (1815) l. 74

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• It is particularly recommended, as a means of uniting the inhabitants of the village into one family, that while each faithfully adheres to the principles which he most approves, at the same time all shall think charitably of their neighbours respecting their religious opinions, and not presumptuously suppose that theirs alone are right.

  Robert Owen

  Religious, Mean, Thinking

  Robert Owen (1854). “Part 5. of the New Existence of Man Upon the Earth in Winch is Continued the Outline of Mr. Owen's Life...[etc]”, p.11

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• There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Perception, Cognition, Dashing

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• Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Incentives, Virtue, Renown

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• We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Hurt, Men, Fool

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• Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Courage, Principles, Faces

  Thomas S. Monson (1988). “Live the Good Life”, Shadow Mountain

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• I decided to make the life I want, and put energy into what moves me, and not rely on anyone for approval of my choices.

  Lauren Fleshman

  Moving, Choices, Energy

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• Face it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality.

  Garrison Keillor

  Reality, Approval Rating, Faces

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• If you shut yourself up disdainfully in your ivory tower and insist that you have your own conscience and are satisfied with its approval, it is because you know that everybody is criticizing you, condemning you, or laughing at you.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Ivory Tower, Laughing, Towers

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• No amount of temporal success can compensate for the loss of God's approval.

  Max Anders

  Loss, Amount

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• EJECTION, n. An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity. It is also much used in cases of extreme poverty.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Disease, Poverty, Used

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.53, 谷月社

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• Here Churchill repeats with approval a statement he had first made in January, 1930 "at a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel." "Sooner or later you will have to crush Gandhi and the Indian Congress and all they stand for."

  Winston Churchill

  Crush, Firsts, January

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• Doing Made In Heaven was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, but I wouldn't have put my seal of approval on it if I hadn't thought it was up to standard.

  Brian May

  Jigsaw Puzzles, Heaven, Made

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• Your approval gives others the confidence to serve, to learn, to try.

  Ron Kaufman

  Giving, Trying

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• In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes instantly, with approval.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Cities, Occupation

  Noam Chomsky (2007). “Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy”, p.46, Macmillan

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