Quotes About Approval

The atmosphere is affirming: Industrialist Charles Schwab said, "I have yet to find the man . . . who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

If you worry about what other people think of you, it's because you have more confidence in their opinion than you have in your own.

I could see (though not as clearly as I do now) that one of my biggest problems was me. Because I wanted everyone to like me and to approve of me, I tried to be nice to everyone all the time and this proved a remarkably efficient way of losing control over my life.

People don't miss you when you're gone. The miss you when you're doing better.

All you need is for one person to think you're cool, and you're in. Everyone else will be scared to question it.

This is me being sad.Maybe you think I'm being happy in this picture. Really I'm being sad but pretending I'm being happy. I'm doing that because I think people won't like me if I look sad.

A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.

Once we have a nice, conceptual sketch and rendering and design approved, then it's really about pinpointing what's functional and what's not, because functional equals expensive.

Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.

Don't trap yourself with the desire of wanting to be liked.

The desire to impress others is one of the worst forms of mental imprisonment.

One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.

The desire to please other people is a potent way to distract yourself from what you are feeling.

A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.

In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre.

I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.

Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.

Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.

Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.

You have to accept yourself so everyone else can.

Like everything else in the league, you want to be wanted.

The Academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good!

I'm very proud this show has been accepted for this length of time.

I am a people-pleaser. I don't like letting people down.