Approval Quotes

This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers.

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.

I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I'm gonna rip it off.

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.

The American people have every right to be outraged with the administration's approval of the UAE port deal. It is time the people's House make the security of our Nation's ports a priority.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

I'm so glad I'm not a dentist. How many times does someone say, 'Oh, Doc, it felt so good when you were drilling my teeth'? Never. But when you give someone a wonderful cookie, you put a little of yourself in, and you see someone's face light up - that's immediate approval.

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our "beauty" so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.

You should seek approval from yourself.

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model.

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself.

President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either.

In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.

She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?

It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life.

The U.S. fiscal union has worked, in no small part, by enabling subsidies to the Mississippis without requiring the approval of the Minnesotas. It creates an important form of insurance.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.