Quote by David Tuffley

Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.

— James Henry Breasted

The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The…

— Pema Chodron

The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval,we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness,we are practicing harshness.

— Pema Chodron

When others are not doing what we would like them to or are threatening disobedience, we are most conscious of the need of controlling…

— John Dewey

“IT is not easy—perhaps not even desirable—to judge other people by a consistent standard. Conduct obnoxious, even unbearable, in one person may be readily…

— Anthony Powell

Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after…

— John Wooden

“What should worry us is not the number of people who oppose us, but how good their reasons are for doing so. We should…

— Alain de Botton

The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you…

— Nathaniel Branden

“Reverence reduces hostility.”

— Toba Beta

We must not tolerate anyone's bad behavior. Steer clear from it so that it will not rub off on us.

— Senoraroy

“I've learned over many decades that people are likeliest to declare their respect when their behavior suggests the opposite.”

— Curtis Sittenfeld