Hardening of the hearteries is the most serious affliction besetting marriage, and warm, good-humored, approving words are the only effective preventive. — Jo Coudert Copy Share Image
Religion stalks across the face of human history, knee-deep in the blood of innocents, clasping its red hands in hymns of praise… — Philip Appleman Copy Share Image
Man is naturally more desirous of a quiet and approving, than of a vigilant and tender conscience--more desirous of security than of… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed… — Ed Pastor Copy Share Image
Try approving of yourself just as you are, and spoiling yourself rotten with small kid's pleasures. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Walking abroad, one is the admiration of all little boys, and meets an approving glance from every eye of elderly. — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of… — Anna Chlumsky Copy Share Image
Father I am waiting, I need to hear from You, to know that You're approving, of what I say and do, cause… — Jason Upton Copy Share Image
Only in the exceptional case, where the integrity and competence of the advisers have been thoroughly demonstrated, should the investor act upon… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
The Good News is that God's mercy and forgiveness extend to those who repent. Mercy does not mean approving of something that… — Thomas J. Paprocki Copy Share Image
Things and persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. How unconsciously we judge… — Laura Ingalls Wilder Copy Share Image
The secret belief that the Lord of conscience loves and accepts each faithful sacrifice is the ultimate and sufficient support of all… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
The problem is, folks, they all have a memory, including us. Two weeks and we forget. But I don't forget. And you… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining… — Alain de Benoist Copy Share Image
To the Baptist Churches on Neal's Greek on Black Creek, North Carolina I have received, fellow-citizens, your address, approving my objection to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest;… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
So willing is every man to flatter himself, that the difference between approving laws, and obeying them, is frequently forgotten; he that… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Loving the self, to me, begins with never ever criticizing ourselves for anything. Criticism locks us into the very pattern we are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no greater way to ensure that universities remain a hotbed of leftist thought than to guarantee that professors knight their… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another day For an approving God. — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I'm done with trying to seek other people's approval. From here on now its just me and approving myself. I'm done. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Sen. John] Kerry is also a man who opposes the death penalty, wants to restrict access to guns and voted against the… — David S. Broder Copy Share Image
We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and… — Robert Mueller Copy Share Image
Grace is not looking for good men whom it may approve, for it is not grace but mere justice to approve goodness.… — C. I. Scofield Copy Share Image
Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg 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
I was the Playmate editor for 'Playboy' for two years. I produced two years' worth of centerfolds. I did everything on that,… — Holly Madison Copy Share Image
Animated by Christian motives and directed to Christian ends, it shall in no wise go unrewarded: here, by the testimony of an… — Richard Mant Copy Share Image
The problem is that tolerant has changed its meaning. It used to mean 'I may disagree with you completely, but I will… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“To be able to listen -- really, wholly passively, self-effacingly listen -- without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating, approving or disapproving, without… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
The reflection and experience of many years have led me to consider the holy writings not only as the most authentic and… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image