Approval Quotes
539 quotes by 407 authors
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When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course,…
— Julian Barnes
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The way two people can end up in the same place, find each other in a crowd, and change their lives and the lives of…
— Deb Caletti
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your…
— Laozi
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Multitudes of people who expect to go to Heaven will go to a Hell of torment. Thousands of "good" people, "moral" people, church members, even…
— John R. Rice
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What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?
— R C Sproul
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Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for…
— Bernard Baruch
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When we work so hard at our preparations for Christmas, we often feel cheated and frustrated when others fail to notice the results of our…
— Ellyn Sanna
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Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the…
— Gautama Buddha
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In modern political society it is probably a fact that national leadership can heighten foreign crises to the point where war becomes almost inevitable and…
— Unknown Author
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As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality check. President Bush's approval numbers will again…
— Matthew Dowd
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There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a…
— Charles M. Schwab
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It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset…
— Henry L. Stimson
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Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval
— Paulo Coelho
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The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval…
— Elaine Stritch
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As we do what He would have us do for His children, the Lord considers it kindness to Him, and we will feel closer to…
— Henry B. Eyring
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Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God’s approval. Courage…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves.
— C.S. Lewis
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Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company we like and…
— David O. McKay
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There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died…
— George Muller
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Happy are they, who in the matter of marriage observe three rules. The first is to marry only in the Lord, and after prayer for…
— J C Ryle
Who Wrote These Approval Quotes
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