Quotes About Approval

Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking?

Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking?

Basil Pennington suggests that the core of the false self is the belief that my value depends on what I have, what I can do and what others think of me.

Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints - they are your public.

Being consumed by what people think of you is the fastest way to forget what God thinks of you.

Do I worship God or what other people think of me?

It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight.

That very church which the world likes best is sure to be that which God abhors.

Faith is the realization that God's pleasure in you will never be based upon your performance for him.

When you care more about what others think of you than what God knows about you, you've lost perspective on what really matters.

The standard God has for you has nothing to do with approval, and everything to do with purpose.

What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?'

Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God's acceptance and approval of us.

You know one of the most encouraging things about faith? It pleases God.

Sometimes we behave and perform with our lives, not for God, but for an audience.

If God is satisfied with the work, the work may be satisfied with itself.

Becoming obsessed with what people think is the quickest way to forget about what God thinks.

You're worth something because God says you're worth something-not because of what people think or say about you.

We are not to be so concerned about who approves or disapproves of us, but remember that God's approval is what counts. Those whom God approves are approved indeed.

Whatsoever is good; the same is also approved of God.

If we know God is for us, then it shouldn't matter how we feel, or what other people think of us.

God has seen fit that, since our services are useful to many persons, everyone approves them, but only when they are carried out in the spirit of Our Lord.

Cure yourself of the inclination to bother about how you look to other people. Be concerned only . . . with the idea God has of you.

People crave encouragement, and sometimes the greatest encouragement is the writing of words that endure. Perhaps you can pen a note of affirmation and approval to someone today.