Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded. — Octave Feuillet Copy Share Image
A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism. — Will Self Copy Share Image
“You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.” — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval. — Jonathan Rhys Meyers Copy Share Image
One look at Rebecca and Aunt B would have an instant apoplexy. Raphael’s eyebrows furrowed. “My mother’s approval isn’t necessary.” Aha. “Does… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
The world consists mainly of love slobs who need other people's approval. Most people don't live their own lives very well. — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
We don't earn God's love; we receive it. We don't work for His approval; He approves us. — Dillon Burroughs Copy Share Image
Loving humanity means as much, and as little, as loving raindrops, or loving the Milky Way. You say that you love humanity?… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that.… — Judge Reinhold Copy Share Image
Poland is smaller than France or Germany, for example. What would a common foreign policy look like? Would the trip I took… — Lech Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and… — Ted Allen Copy Share Image
The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
At a time when our country is waging two wars, approval ratings for Congress are at historic lows, unemployment is at a… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
I honestly think that it was when the actual voices started to stand up for me. It was the iconic artists like… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
Obama hasn't lost his standing because of tricks played by the Republicans. He hasn't lost his standing because the media's not fair… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Gospel Prayer In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more, and nothing I have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is something about yourself that you don't know. Something that you will deny even exists until it's too late to do… — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
“Jusging by the sour glance she threw on me as she said this, I concluded that I represented those 'late changes' to… — Le Fanu Joseph Sheridan Copy Share Image
Acceptance is approval, a word with a bad name in some psychologies. Yet it is perfectly normal to seek approval in childhood… — David Richo Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party's problem is that voters don't believe the president's claims that the economy is thriving. Even people with jobs feel… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
The fact that some governments, churches and numerous corrupted individuals have tried to reduce such behavior from criminal offence to personal privilege… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
When the word began to get out, the idea of tying imitations of aquatic worms was not met with universal approval in… — Ed Engle Copy Share Image
But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club. — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
Why do I want more haters? If someone had told me when I signed up I'd get half a million haters...It's all… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
Why live for the approval of men when you can have the approval of their Creator? What can they give you that… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily. — Anita Baker Copy Share Image
“But just know that you cannot steal my joy. I do not give you that power. I want your support and approval,… — Denise Grover Swank Copy Share Image
If the society today allows wrongs to go unchallenged, the impression is created that those wrongs have the approval of the majority. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
When you accept someone, you accept their past too. Don't hold it against them later. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Book of Mormon is the "keystone" of our religion, and the Doctrine and Covenants is the capstone, with continuing latter-day revelation. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I started saying things in church that didn't meet with a lot of approval - like 'Jesus isn't coming back.' They started… — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Until you know your worth you'll continue to seek other people's approval just to feel good about yourself. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
I see a huge paradox in me - the intense need to be loved and the search for approval juxtaposed with the… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
We are not to be so concerned about who approves or disapproves of us, but remember that God's approval is what counts.… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Almost all Europe, for many centuries, was inundated with blood, which was shed at the direct instigation or with the full approval… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
The one instrument that has relative political autonomy is monetary policy. Central banks do not need to go to Congress to get… — Mohamed El-Erian Copy Share Image
With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership. — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
