Some people need to suffer when they diet, it seems. Misery is a goal in itself, hunger a stamp of approval, hating… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It's minuscule, few percent. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
You should resolve not to seek public approval of your private business, when you are not also prepared to accept public disapproval. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
It made me feel that I had to work very hard, but I've always felt I had to work very hard to… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Humans yearn for bright lights, fame and approval. Ignoring the risk of blindness and death of ones respect. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Face it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
The right person will know your WORTH, and they won't reject you or act like you're not good enough for them. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“It was hard not to realize what kind of kid his parents wished they'd had, and when he thought about that kind… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope… — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
I sometimes call this our "spacesuit self" because we come into an environment that is difficult and challenging, where we're told to… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
All you need to find and accomplish God's purpose in your life is God's permission and approval--not anyone else's. When you get… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Indeed, it is a kind of quintessence of pride to hate and fear even the kind and legitimate approval of those who… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers;… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues,… — Hillary Clinton 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
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
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
If you want to live a great life, stop asking everyone else for permission. Stop seeking to live up to other people's… — Unkown 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
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
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
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
