It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
WHAT A TIRING WAY TO LIVE, WHEN YOUR SELF-WORTH IS CONSTANTLY RELYING ON THE AFFIRMATION AND APPROVAL OF OTHERS. — Darlene Zschech Copy Share Image
When your power comes from others, on approval, you are their slave. Never sacrifice yourselves - never! Whoever urges you to self-sacrifice… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Sometimes compromise is important. Sometimes it's better to give in to someone else's wishes in order to have fun as a group… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
President Bush delivered his first State of the Union address, riding high on an 82-percent approval rating, and with Attorney General John… — Jon Stewart 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
The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
When you have your chance to make a film, don't focus on pleasing everyone. I think the goal is to live in… — Jennifer Phang 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
Doing Made In Heaven was like assembling a jigsaw puzzle, but I wouldn't have put my seal of approval on it if… — Brian May Copy Share Image
When I was younger, before I was married and had children, I really was nit-picky, a perfectionist. I was very much into… — Nia Peeples Copy Share Image
Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why… — Max Delbruck Copy Share Image
Marketing is such a key issue; in fact, the marketing department is often involved in the approval of scripts now. — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval. — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Compliant children are very easily led when they are young, because they thrive on approval and pleasing adults. They are just aseasily… — Barbara Coloroso Copy Share Image
When we are set free from the bondage of pleasing others, when we are free from currying others'approval-then no one will be… — Kay Arthur Copy Share Image
I'd rather live dangerously for Jesus than exist safely for people's approval. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval. — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama]… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
Resolutions expressing Parliamentary approval of every Treaty before ratification would be a very cumbersome form of procedure and would burden the House… — Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede Copy Share Image
Winning means some kind of approval of the Establishment which means people will more readily accept me, may be less frightened of… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
