It is folly to seek the approbation of any being besides the Supreme. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Like many young women, I mistakenly thought that the best way of feeling better about myself was to get other people to… — Elizabeth Day Copy Share Image
The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one's own strength makes one… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
Our self-love is mortified, when we think our opinions, and even our tastes, customs, and dresses, either arraigned or condemned; as, on… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of the world.… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“when we say of any one that he is generous. The word generosity expresses a certain state of mind, but being a… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Egotism is more like an offense, than a crime; though it is allowable to speak of yourself, provided nothing is advanced in… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“Respect cannot be inherited, respect is the result of right actions.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Whenever you commend, add a compelling reason for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
