I am who God wants me to be. Man's approval isn't requested, required or relevant. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“She had told me that the approval of other people should never be my goal” — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
I am who I am. And sweetie, your approval isn't needed; no matter how much you think it is! — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Pursuing a dream without God’s approval is as dangerous as walking on a rope bridge over a big gutter? Guess the end….!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Ironically, the possibility that the president dodged his military service has increased his approval ratings with Democrats by 80 percent. — Craig Kilborn Copy Share Image
Please don't base your happiness on anyone else's' approval but your own. No matter how hard you try, you will never be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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
Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'. — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
By 'happiness' I do not mean worldly success or outside approval, though it would be priggish to deny that both these things… — Edith Sitwell Copy Share Image
I started playing the acoustic guitar for more singer-songwriter type stuff. I bet if I would have gotten more approval for my… — Jill Sobule Copy Share Image
Generally, appreciation means some blend of thankfulness, admiration, approval, and gratitude. In the financial world, something that "appreciates" grows in value. With… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
The authorized biographers - the ones hand-picked to write the sanitized version of a subject's life - sit up front with the… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Focus on impact, not approval. If you believe you can change the world, which I hope you do, do what you believe… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Theocracy is the worst of all governments. If we must have a tyrant, a robber baron is far better than an inquisitor.… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe… — Charles R. Schwab 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
Should the king in exile pretend he is happy there? Should he not seek his own country? His miseries are his ally;… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the… — Clarence Darrow 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
In case you haven't heard, my girlfriends and I have declared the summer of 2012 as the best summer ever. The best… — Candice Accola Copy Share Image
But the most obvious fact about praise — whether of God or anything — strangely escaped me. I thought of it in… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
All business begins with the public permission and exists by public approval — Arthur W. Page Copy Share Image
“Respect cannot be inherited, respect is the result of right actions.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I'd rather live dangerously for Jesus than exist safely for people's approval. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
If you seek approval from others in this world, you will not know happiness. — Mooji Copy Share Image
One cares so little for the style in which one's praises are written. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
