Quotes About Approval

When you forgive, you are freed from some of the feelings of disapproval and it can contribute to lessening your negative thoughts.

Even if we all want you here, you don't belong until you decide you do.

8. A woman whom we can introduce to our friends and family is a keeper; a woman we don't even bother introducing to our friends or family is a throwback.

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

My mum is slightly biased and feels everything I do is wonderful, but Dad was like, 'You should go ahead boldly, and I think you should do more films.' To me, that was some kind of acceptance.

When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'

When you see that many people with a smile on their face, then you must be doing something right.

I used to be a people pleaser, always have a smile on my face.

I am prone to reshape and refashion things to try and please as many people as I can, to get as many nods or smiles out of as many people as possible.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

That men prove their manhood in the eyes of other men is both a consequence of sexism and one of its chief props. "Women have, in men's minds, such a low place on the social ladder of this country that it's useless to define yourself in terms of a woman," noted playwright David Mamet. "What men need is men's approval." Women become a kind of currency that men use to improve their ranking on the masculine social scale.

when he came in. I liked that guy.

We have learned to live by other people's points of view because of the fear of not being accepted and of not being good enough for someone else.

The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves. But if we look at our lives we will see that most of the time we do things just to please others, just to be accepted by others, rather than living our lives to please ourselves.

We are told, "You're a good boy," or "You're a good girl," when we do what Mom and Dad want us to do. When we don't, we are "a bad girl" or "a bad boy." When we went against the rules we were punished; when we went along with the rules we got a reward. We were punished many times a day, and we were also rewarded many times a day. Soon we became afraid of being punished and also afraid of not receiving the reward.

The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves. But if we look at our lives we will see that most of the time we do things just to please others, just to be accepted by others, rather than living our lives to please ourselves. That is what has happened to our freedom.

We have learned to live our lives trying to satisfy other people's demands.

During the process of domestication, we form an image of what perfection is in order to try to be good enough. We create an image of how we should be in order to be accepted by everybody. We especially try to please the ones who love us, like Mom and Dad, big brothers and sisters, the priests and the teacher. Trying to be good enough for them, we create an image of perfection, but we don't fit this image. We create this image, but this image is not real.

All your life you tried to be good enough for somebody else, and you left yourself last. You sacrificed your personal freedom to live according to somebody else's point of view. You tried to be good enough for your mother, your father, your teachers, your beloved, your children, your religion, and society. After trying for so many years, you try to be good enough for yourself, and you find out that you're not good enough for yourself.

Nos deshonramos a nosotros mismos sólo para complacer a otras personas. Incluso llegamos a dañar nuestro cuerpo para que los demás nos acepten.

Debido a ese miedo a ser castigados y a no recibir la recompensa, empezamos a fingir que éramos lo que no éramos, con el único fin de complacer a los demás, de ser lo bastante buenos para otras personas.

Grudging praise is the most flattering of all.

Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval

I love smarta**es when it's stuff I agree with.