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• In modern political society it is probably a fact that national leadership can heighten foreign crises to the point where war becomes almost inevitable and public approval, at least for a time, automatic.

  Arthur Ekirch

  War, Political, Facts

  Arthur Alphonse Ekirch (1966). “Ideas, ideals, and American diplomacy: a history of their growth and interaction”

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• As the inevitable discussion proceeds in the months ahead, this memo should provide both perspective and a reality check. President Bush's approval numbers will again fall back to more realistic levels fairly quickly. All were quite successful on Election Day.

  Matthew Dowd

  Fall, Successful, Reality

  "GOP memo predicts drop in Bush poll numbers" By Sean Loughlin, www.cnn.com. April 24, 2003.

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• There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. I believe in giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. . . . I have yet to find a person, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.

  Charles R. Schwab

  Believe, Ambition, Giving

  "How to win friends & influence people". Book by Dale Carnegie, October 1936.

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

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Searching For Love

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• The terrifying thing in my life is that I am just an actress. And I have to keep pushing it and getting approval, approval, approval or I don’t think I’m worth two cents. And I am starting to get over it, thank God. And I’m just sad because I don’t have many years left and I wish I had a longer space of time to think that Elaine Stritch is okay.

  Elaine Stritch

  Thinking, Years, Two

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• As we do what He would have us do for His children, the Lord considers it kindness to Him, and we will feel closer to Him as we feel His love and His approval. In time, we will become like Him, and will think of the judgement day with happy anticipation.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Children, Kindness, Thinking

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• Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God’s approval. Courage becomes a living and an attractive virtue when it is regarded not only as a willingness to die manfully, but also as a determination to live decently. A moral coward is one who is afraid to do what he thinks is right because others will disapprove or laugh. Remember that all men have their fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as well.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Determination, Men, Thinking

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• Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves.

  C. S. Lewis

  Adults, Treats, Term

  C. S. Lewis (2002). “Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories”, p.37, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company we like and keep, so nothing foretells futurity like the thoughts over which we brood. … To have the approval of your conscience when you are alone with your thoughts is like being in the company of true and loving friends. To merit your own self-respect gives strength to character. Conscience is the link that binds your soul to the spirit of God.

  David O. McKay

  Character, Self, Giving

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• There was a day when I died; died to self, my opinions, preferences, tastes and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of my brethren or friends; and since then I have studied only to show myself approved unto God.

  George Muller

  Self, World, Taste

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• ...convince all nuclear powers, including those which have been more reluctant up to now, of the necessity to respect the "vital interests" of all peoples and to become fully aware of the profound truth of the following conclusion which the United Nations approved by unanimity four years ago: "Mankind is confronted with a choice: we must halt the arms race and proceed to disarmament or face annihilation".

  Alfonso Garcia Robles

  Years, Nuclear Disarmament, Race

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• Happy are they, who in the matter of marriage observe three rules. The first is to marry only in the Lord, and after prayer for God’s approval and blessing. The second is not to expect too much from their partners, and to remember that marriage is, after all, the union of two sinners, and not of two angels. The third rule is to strive first and foremost for one another’s sanctification. The more holy married people are, the happier they are.

  J. C. Ryle

  Prayer, Angel, Blessing

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• Would you rather live your life according to the approval of others or aligned with your truth and your dreams?

  Robin Sharma

  Dream, Approval Of Others, Live Your Life

  Robin Sharma (2016). “The Robin Sharma Pack”, p.267, Jaico Publishing House

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• The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

  Maria Montessori

  Children, Steps, Facts

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• The Age of Reason has turned out to be the Age of Structure; a time when, in the absence of purpose, the drive for power as a value in itself has become the principal indicator of social approval. And the winning of power has become the measure of social merit.

  John Ralston Saul

  Winning, Power, Age

  John Ralston Saul (2013). “Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• Once we begin chasing approval, we never stop running. It's servitude to a thousand masters instead of one to please.

  David Jeremiah

  Running, Masters, Chasing

  David Jeremiah (2013). “What Are You Afraid Of?: Facing Down Your Fears with Faith”, p.145, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• If you are a Christian, your search for approval should be over.

  David Jeremiah

  Christian, Should, Ifs

  David Jeremiah (2016). “Your Daily Journey with God: 365 Daily Devotions”, p.261, NavPress

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• A Jew never laughs without looking at his wife for approval.

  Jackie Mason

  Laughing, Wife, Jew

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• Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an obsessive need for male affirmation. Tragically, these dear ladies allow themselves to be devoured in the arms of men who have neither regard not respect for them as people.

  T. D. Jakes

  Men, People, Males

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• We have the illusion of freedom only because so few ever try to exercise it. Try it sometime. Try to save your home from the highway crowd, or to work a trade without the approval of the goons, or to open a little business without a permit, or to grow a crop without a quota, or to educate your child the way you want to, or to not have a child. We all have the freedom of a balloon floating in a pin factory.

  Karl Hess

  Children, Home, Exercise

  "From Far Right to Far Left". The New York Times Magazine, (p. 305), Decemebr 6, 1970.

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• To achieve originality we need to abandon the comforts of habit, reason, and the approval of our peers, and strike out in new directions.

  Marty Neumeier

  Comfort, Needs, Peers

  Marty Neumeier (2005). “The Brand Gap, Revised Edition”, p.76, Peachpit Press

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• The Gospel Prayer
  In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more, and nothing I have done that makes You love me less.
  Your presence and approval are all I need for everlasting joy.
  As You have been to me, so I will be to others.
  As I pray, I'll measure Your compassion by the cross and Your power by the resurrection.

  J. D. Greear

  Prayer, Compassion, Joy

  J. D. Greear (2011). “Gospel”, p.248, B&H Publishing Group

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• Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.

  George Takei

  Roaring, Done, Cheerleader

  George Takei (2015). “To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei”, p.238, Simon and Schuster

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• We don't earn God's love; we receive it. We don't work for His approval; He approves us.

  Dillon Burroughs

  God's Love

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• Do women dress for men or women? I’ve always wondered why that eternally provocative question is put in terms of approval - as if the heart of the matter, the answer, were indeed a question of approval by either sex. But the question is never satisfactorily answered because it is incorrectly posed. It’s disapproval, the fear of it, that motivates most women, and with disapproval it doesn’t matter where it comes from.

  Nancy Friday

  Sex, Heart, Men

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