Quotes About Approval

Who are these people whose admiration you seek? Aren't they the ones you are used to describing as mad? Well, then, is that what you want – to be admired by lunatics?

If you decide to do something, don't shrink from being seen doing it, even if the majority of people disapprove. If you're wrong to do it, then you should shrink from doing it altogether; but if you're right, then why worry how people will judge you?

Take the example of a public speaker. He is confident that he has written a good speech, he has committed the thing to memory, and can deliver it smoothly. Still he agonizes, [6] because it's not enough for him to be competent, he also hungers for the crowd's approval.

Who exactly are these people that you want to be admired by? Aren't they the same people you are in the habit of calling crazy? And is this your life ambition, then – to win the approval of lunatics

Sunt furios c? m-am împotmolit într-o împieliÈ›at? de filozofie pe care spiritul meu nu se poate împiedica s? n-o aprobe, iar inima s-o nege.

People do not see that the main question is not : Am I loved? which is to a large extent the question : Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admired? The main question is: Can I love?

To be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it, always leaves doubt; maybe I did not please the person whom I want to love me, maybe this, or that - there is always a fear that love could disappear.

Indeed, with the experience of self disappears the experience of identity - and when this happens, man could become insane if he did not save himself by acquiring a secondary sense of self; he does that by experiencing himself as being approved of, worthwhile, successful, useful - briefly, as a salable commodity which is he because he is looked upon by others as an entity, not unique but fitting into one of the current patterns.

Did she really think her sojourns back to Adamant were going to finally earn his love and approval? After all these years? That's not why I'm here. She'd come home, because the demons that had to be confronted were here. The evil that had to be vanquished... was right here in this house.

Tenk så mange fornuftige reformer som har mislykkes fordi de bar stemplet til en forhatt myndighet! Og omvendt, så mange uforstandige handlinger som er blitt bejublet fordi de ble approbert av en med legitimitet fra kampmarken! Dette er en sannhet som er gyldig overalt, når et forslag blir lagt ut til avstemning, uttaler velgerne seg i mindre grad om selve saken enn om hvilken tiltro de har til han eller de som har lagt den fram.

There just had to be something morally wrong about telling a ten-year-old he had to have government approval for sexual activity.

Creíase bienquisto entre los congregados habituales de Valcombe, y no erraba del todo al suponerlo.

Trying to please everyone all the time never works. It leads to hating oneself and then hating oneself even more when one later tries to assert one's authority. Today

Ah ! pourquoi l'intelligence des femmes veut-elle toujours choisir un autre objet que le sien ? - Quel est le sien, cher ? - Le charme et la compréhension, de toute évidence. Elle réfléchit. - Ce que les hommes appellent ainsi, c'est la soumission de l'esprit. Vous ne reconnaissez chez une femme que l'intelligence qui vous approuve.

The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations.

I cared what everybody thought more than what I thought. Or more than my heart thought. And that makes me an idiot.

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.

We have the opportunity to provide the first FDA reviewed and approved over-the-counter option that can help people lose weight and make changes to their lifestyle and diet.

The weird thing about acting is you're the most competent when you're at your best, but you have to be validated.

This weird thing that musicians have... it's got something to do with approval, and not feeling good enough, and therefore going out and being great somehow makes your life valid.

An award or an honour from the government is always welcomed any time.

I am glad that critics and filmmakers liked my work, and I have been warmly welcomed in Bollywood.

Who of us has not had that situation where you've got to wait for approval, and the doctor says, 'Well, I don't know if your insurance company is going to cover this?' Let's eliminate all of that.

When the Queen says 'well done,' it means so much.