Quotes About Approval

Does anyone object to me leaving?

Fue una buena interpretación. Mi padre habría estado orgulloso de mí.

If, instead of seeking approval, you ask, 'What's wrong with it? How can I make it better?', you are more likely to get a truthful, critical answer.

If, instead of seeking approval, you ask, "What's wrong with it? How can I make it better?", you are more likely to get a truthful, critical answer

Contrary to popular definitions, true tolerance means 'putting up with error' - not 'accepting all views'. We don't tolerate what we enjoy or endorse - say, chocolate, or roses, or Mozart's music. By definition, we tolerate what we don't approve of or what we believe to be false.

Repeatedly seeking wise counsel is a good thing; repeatedly seeking stamps of approval is a sad thing. Why do [women] go from person to person asking, "Do you think I should do this?" Answer: Because they want other people's approval and/or their permission. This is little-girl behavior, and it makes women look uncertain, weak, and incompetent at work.

Without knowing it, we put our identity and inner peace in the hands of the people around us. We look to them for what no flawed human being will ever be able to deliver. We ride the roller coaster of their views of us. We begin to do things not because they are right, but because we know they will please those whose opinion of us and acceptance of us mean more than they should.

Something as normal as a concern over what others think of me, or what will happen to me if others oppose me, rises to a level of such immediate importance that my actions are more shaped by that concern than they are about the huge and transcendent glories of the life-altering grace of the gospel.

If the righteousness of Christ allows me to stand before a holy God utterly unafraid, why should I be haunted by what you think of me?

When you begin to understand what you have been given in his right here, right now grace, you quit asking people, places, and things to be your savior. Because you know what he thinks of you, you are free to worry less about what the person next to you thinks. That's a freedom many of us could use!

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

We tear ourselves inside out for something the world may love, then base our worth on that.

Less frequently discussed is how many of us are chronically unhappy because we don't come up to the expectations of our children, many of whom delight in showing us their disapproval.

An attitude of total acceptance and peace of mind doesn't come naturally to me. I must remain diligently on guard to prevent my feelings, thoughts and actions from being controlled by people and circumstances. My serenity, like finely spun glass, is extremely fragile. My natural tendency is to find fault, see the defect, disapprove, then not accept what I see. I completely forget that acceptance does not imply approval.

People with BPD look to others to provide things they find difficult to supply for themselves, such as self-esteem, approval, and a sense of identity. Most of all, they are searching for a nurturing caregiver whose never-ending love and compassion will fill the black hole of emptiness and despair inside them.

When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it.

The FDA constantly approves drugs—not necessarily because they're helpful to the patient but because they bring in money and profits to the huge pharmaceutical industry. True, some of the drugs extend the life of cancer patients—but none of them cure cancer.

I wanted my parents to be proud of me and to take me seriously. I also wanted to be well past caring, complete and needing only my own validation.

We wouldn't worry nearly as much about what others thought of us if we recognize how seldom they do.

And so each man wants and works, almost automatically, for the approval of his people.

Maybe the unvarnished meaning of growing up is the acceptance that living out our values, and also winning the approval of those who have power over us, is an unfulfillable longing.

Officially. That's what it'll be: officially vindicated.

Tucker is on a roll. It usually takes two beers for him to like himself but tonight he only needs half a can.

Pete half smiled. It was his way of giving vigorous applause.