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Quotes About Approval

A medieval aphorism summed up the traditional idea of the political, "that which touches all should be approved by all.
~ Sheldon S. Wolin
He looked into the crowd for approval, saw his mother and father. He waved and they waved back. Smiles and Indian teeth. They were both drunk. Everything familiar and welcome. Everything beautiful.
~ Sherman Alexie
I was young and frightened and craved respect and its ugly cousin, approval, so I did as I was told.
~ Sherman Alexie
Is there really a difference between that killing and this killing? Does God approve of some killing and not other killing? If I kill these soldiers so that Small Saint and Bow Boy can escape, does that make me a hero?
~ Sherman Alexie
I'll be damned, you got laid.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
What other people think is more important than what we feel.
~ Paulo Coelho
If Good approved of his creature's creation, He breathed the painted clay-model into life by signing His name.
~ Peter Greenaway
I don't live my life seeking validation from people on social media.
~ Ricki-Lee Coulter
You'll never change the world if you're worried about being liked.
~ Robin Sharma
It'll play in Peoria.
~ John Ehrlichman
Halt, for his part, said nothing. But when Will turned to look at his mentor, the grizzled Ranger met his eye, and simply nodded. And that, Will knew, was the equivalent of three hearty cheers from Halt.
~ John Flanagan
Will nodded. "Good for him.
~ John Flanagan
It's just amazing the lengths people go to, to be thought of as special.
~ John Jeremiah Sullivan
Kalau anda bertekad untuk tidak mau termangu-mangu dan ragu-ragu lagi saat suara hati anda menyuruh anda untuk bertindak, artinya anda sudah menerima kunci restu.
~ John Keble
The hallmark of the conventional wisdom is acceptability. It has the approval of those to whom it is addressed.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
If you hear enough applause and laughter at a young enough age, you are doomed to become an actor.
~ John Lithgow
In response to a question about his team's execution - "I'm all in favour of it.
~ John McKay
Our compliance is our choice. No one can control someone else (unless the person being controlled allows it). No one controls you—unless you allow that control. Sure, she can put the screws to your head, but ultimately what you do within the circumstances of your life is dependent on what you allow and how much you are willing to sacrifice to have things your own way or to win approval.
~ Elizabeth B. Brown
Never say No when the world says Aye
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Flush highly approves of Pisa (and the roasted chestnuts), because here he goes out every day and speaks Italian to the little dogs.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The thing is, when you're with someone like Poppu - someone who sees straight through your battered facade and loves every bit of you, someone who makes you laugh until you pee your pants, someone who grabs you in a hug exactly when you need it - you don't crave any kind of approval from strangers. You don't need to "matter" in the world, because you already matter to the only person who counts.
~ Elizabeth Fama
Taryn knew a lot of people whom she thought of as intellectual snobs. What they were, in fact, were people incapable of relinquishing their sovereign sense that their identity was tied up with what they understood and enjoyed. And they liked to stay sure of themselves, so they never read or watched anything outside what they already approved as good or enjoyable for them.
~ Elizabeth Knox
It's a dangerous thing to want everyone's approval, Gabriella. You must be willing to stand firm and take the risk of being misunderstood. We must find our approval at the feet of our Master.
~ Elizabeth Musser
a lively Platonic-style dialogue in everyday Italian, called Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. It would finally prove to every reader why the Copernican heliocentric view was right and the old Aristotelian view wrong: all with—he hoped—the approval of the pope himself. In the spring of 1632, the work was finally finished. Galileo was approaching seventy.
~ Arthur Herman