Quotes About Self-approval

Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.

Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man.

I honestly just want to make myself happy most, and if other people like it, then that's great. If they don't, then I'm still happy.

I decided to make the life I want, and put energy into what moves me, and not rely on anyone for approval of my choices.

It's not your job to like me. It's mine!

Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability

I mean, if you have to wake up in the morning to be validated by the editorial page of the New York Times, you got a pretty sorry existence.

Never worry what other people think of you, because no one ever thinks of you.

Sometimes it's okay to give yourself a pat on the back and say, 'That was cool. That made me feel good.'

I've always told Will, you can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be OK.

Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life?

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

He was ... at peace with the world, for it is not in the praise of others that the true artist revels, but in the knowledge that he has satisfied himself.

evaluation by others is not a guide for me. The judgments of others, while they are to be listened to, and taken into account for what they are, can never be a guide for me. This has been a hard thing to learn.

when you do not seek or need external approval, you are at your most powerful.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Looking at herself in the mirror. And for the first time in her life, she respected what she saw. Bowing to her reflection, she said softly, "Pleased to meet you.

You cannot please everyone, and I think that what's important, ultimately, is to make sure you please yourself. If you start trying to please other people, you'll just go around in circles.

Ultimately, I'm fine with everything that I've done.

Are you prepared to brave the negative reactions, comments, criticisms, and complaints that may arise from owning your authentic self? Can you handle it? Some people can't. They live without expressing the authenticity of what abides deep within them because the approval of others is more important to them than self-approval.

I don't have anything to prove because I've already validated myself and my work speaks for itself.

So long as you're still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.

the only one you can ever really please is yourself. How others feel is up to them.

Right!" said Joe. "My middle name is Joseph, anyway.