Quotes About Approval

Enmeshment creates almost total dependence on approval and validation from outside yourself. Lovers, bosses, friends, even strangers become the stand-in for parents. Adults like Kim who were raised in families where there was no permission to be an individual frequently become approval junkies, constantly seeking their next fix.

The story made me smile and I wondered if it made me smile because I wanted him to like me.

Everyone there seemed to need an audience to be a version of themselves they were happy with,

Remember, heads high. Smiles. They're going to love you!

For me, you're perfect.

Let's each have three, and whoever is still alive at breakfast can take a vote on the rest," says Johanna. I don't know why this makes me laugh a little. I guess because it's true. When I do, Johanna gives me a look that's almost approving. No, not approving. But maybe slightly pleased.

It was pathetic, but he needed every drop of approval he could get.

When my father is happy with my music, I know I have done something good, and there is no question of generation gap.

When I was young, I liked to be acknowledged in class by little gestures such as a small red star for doing something good. Now that I'm older, I still want to be acknowledged for good work.

What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching.

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.

Mayors love lists when they say something good about their city and hate them when they don't.

It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted.

My son gave me the permission to accept my success.

My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they might not even like it, and say his daddy's movie is wack, but they loved it.

For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.

Actors are almost conditioned to get their director's approval. 'I just did my song and dance, boss. What did you think?' Actors are infantilized so much.

I'm not an author, but as a songwriter, I'm afforded this kind of luxurious ambiguity in songs of being able to confess the secrets of my relationships with people and face basically no consequences, or ask for no approval or permission.

I don't read good reviews. I like to know what percentages are going on. When Sony sends out something saying that people are liking the movie, I like to know that, but I don't actually sit and read the good stuff.

I should be very sorry if the Germans disapproved of me.

Don Cornelius gave me an incredulous look regarding my accent. I lessened it; he gave a nod of approval. Instantly, I felt ashamed. I had made my first conscious effort not to sound ethnic.

It's amazing what happens when you're confident as an artist. The writing completely changes, and you're no longer depressed about your sound or what it's going to be or if people are going to like it.

I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.

It is enough if God approves of me and all are against me.