A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor… — Pat Quinn Copy Share Image
Euphemisms, like fashions, have their day and pass, perhaps to return at another time. Like the guests at a masquerade ball, they… — Freda Adler Copy Share Image
I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
We [people] love ourselves with conditions. We need opinions, we need approval, we create an image of ourselves that is not what… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger, or more intelligent than… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
As was noted in the Wall Street Journal, last March 21st, FDA approval of drug labelling, '...requires seven to ten years, and… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
For my money, there are no more fascinating, hard-working, vulnerable creatures on earth than writers. Every day, they lay their souls out… — Faith Sullivan Copy Share Image
This is partly a function of approval ratings. People pay attention [to polls] and start saying, 'Lets take a more independent tack.'… — John Thune Copy Share Image
When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from… — Will Self Copy Share Image
You don't need anyone's approval and in fact, you probably won't get it, so don't even try. Build, release and iterate. Make… — Kevin Rose Copy Share Image
Five Great Habits for Better Relationships: acceptance (smile each time), appreciation (say thank you to everyone), admiration (compliment people on their appearance… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Never seek validation from anyone. Respect yourself by making your own choice; this will bring respect from others. Remember when you have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out… — Susanna Hoffs Copy Share Image
By believing your work is a 'gift,' it radically changes what you create. I think this is a revolutionary idea. It's no… — James Victore Copy Share Image
I was never appalled by myself. I felt a little bit uneasy about certain things. But honestly I've learned to love myself… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
To secure approval one must remain within the bounds of conventional mediocrity. Whatever lies beyond, whether it be greater insight and virtue,… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe that the power to declare war is most important in limiting the powers of the national government in regard to… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then… — Cathy Rindner Tempelsman Copy Share Image
When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Seeking approval from others is perfectly fine up until the point where you are compromising your health and happiness in the process.… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
“I like it,"he said at length. "You're putting a lot of yourself into this place." "Shall I tell you just what your… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Speaking from experience, because I have three daughters, I think it's always important to give your daughter the confidence that she needs… — David Charvet Copy Share Image
The professions of novelist and journalist are very separate. As a novelist, you are ultimately working for yourself. Yes, you need the… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
A need for approval lies behind all efforts of evangelism. If someone else can be convinced, that will show us that we… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share Image
If a person sings quietly to himself on the street people smile with approval; but if he talks it's not alright; they… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
There is no part of the executive branch that more exists on the outer edge of executive prerogative than the American intelligence… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
I can't say that I'm not interested in your opinion or what you think about me..I'm simply saying that in any case… — Mac1nonly Copy Share Image
“I had to learn that I knew nothing. I also had to learn that it was okay to think for myself and… — Arin Murphy-Hiscock Copy Share Image
I think I let go of the need for approval. It certainly feels good when you get it, but I used to… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in… — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Copy Share Image
Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
We are all born with an open heart, but at some point as we are growing up, things happen in our lives… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
Artists should be aware that petty stroking could be the source of arrested productivity. An artist's job includes the avoidance of premature… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
![“We [people] love ourselves with conditions. We need opinions, we need approval, we create an image of ourselves that is not what we are. This how we lose our authenticity and create masks - how we become "domesticated."” quote by Miguel Angel Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c0/miguel-angel-ruiz-1323_approval_we-people-love-ourselves-with-conditions_773506.jpg)
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