Quotes About Approval

If you have 20,000 people and they like you, they give you their support, that's so gratifying.

Donald's need for affirmation is so great that he doesn't seem to notice that the largest group of his supporters are people he wouldn't condescend to be seen with outside of a rally.

You can't please everybody, right? Some people are supporters. Some people are against you.

My dad's supportive of all my endeavors.

I did not want to be an engineer or be in information technology, and my parents were supportive of my decision.

My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.

Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans - people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.

Whether it was with drag or with sports or in school or whatever I was interested in, my parents were always supportive of me.

It's nice to have a lot of people supportive of what I'm doing.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

Until late in life, I was never quite good enough for my father, and I suppose that is part of what drives me even now, well after his death in 1992.

My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like 'Gandhi' would be phenomenal.

One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected?

If we get a good response to 'Bhootnath 2' and 'Creature,' we would surely go ahead and make the next part.

Anything that's good and has a certain amount of quality, slowly but surely, it will be accepted.

This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.

It is part of our human nature to want to be liked. It is part of our human nature to worry about what others think of us. It is an attribute of greatness and of American exceptionalism to not surrender to our nature, but to be guided by an inner calling to persevere and to prevail, no matter the personal cost.

It takes a little time to get a visa to Mexico. They don't let just anybody in.

Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.

Proving yourself is a dangerous trap.

The sooner we accept the inevitable dilemma of not being able to win the approval of everyone we meet, the easier our lives will become.

I'm the first to admit that I always prefer approval over disapproval. It feels better and it's certainly easier to deal with. The more content I've become, however, the less I depend on it for my sense of well-being.

Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, apple-polishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring your every move, even your every base thought.

Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, apple-polishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or in the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring your every move, even your every base thought.