Approval Quotes - Page 4

• Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?

  Robert Byrd

  Approval Rating, Aggravation, Appreciate

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• Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.

  Nachman of Breslov

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• The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Men, Appreciate, Different

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• When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

  Henry Miller

  Friendship, Power, Appreciate

  Henry Miller (2007). “Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion I”, p.28, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• 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.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Appreciate, Giving, Important

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• That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

  Bainbridge Colby

  Mean, Appreciate, Criticism

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

  Phil Donahue

  Children, Appreciate, Parent

  Phil Donahue (1979). “My own story, Donahue”

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• We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!

  Dan Burton

  Kings, Dad, Approval Rating

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• But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

  Thomas E. Mann

  Appreciate, Presidential, Unity

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• 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!

  Andrew Card

  Approval Rating, Appreciate, Leaving

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• Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Wise, People

  Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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• In a society where all are related, simple decisions require the approval of nearly everyone in that society. It is society as a whole, not merely a part of it, that must survive. This is the indigenous understanding. It is the understanding in a global sense. We are all indigenous people on this planet, and we have to reorganize to get along.

  Rebecca Adamson

  Simple, People, Decision

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• The simulated approval and affection with which parents and teachers are often urged to solve behavior problems are counterfeit. So are flattery, backslap-ping, and many other ways of "winning friends.

  B. F. Skinner

  Teacher, Winning, Parent

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• Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

  Byron Katie

  Appreciation, Fun, Positivity

  "Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life". Book by Byron Katie, 2002.

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• To secure approval one must remain within the bounds of conventional mediocrity. Whatever lies beyond, whether it be greater insight and virtue, or greater stolidity and vice, is condemned. The noblest men, like the worst criminals, have been done to death.

  John Lancaster Spalding

  Lying, Men, Vices

  John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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• Having God's unconditional love does not mean you have God's unconditional approval.

  Miles McPherson

  Mean, Unconditional Love, Doe

  FaceBook post by Miles McPherson from May 14, 2012

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• Man does not live by murder alone. He needs affection, approval, encouragement and, occasionally, a hearty meal.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Encouragement, Doe, Meals

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You should seek approval from yourself.

  Ichiro Suzuki

  Should

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• Life ain't about how fast you run or how high you climb, It's all about how good you bounce. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

  Mark Twain

  Running, Men, Climbs

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• The number one need in all people is the need for acceptance, the need to experience a sense of belonging to something and someone. The need for acceptance is more powerful in your family than anywhere else.... If that need is not met by your family, trust me, your kids will go elsewhere to seek it in order to find approval and acceptance.

  Phil McGraw

  Powerful, Kids, Acceptance

  Phil McGraw (2013). “Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

  Brené Brown

  Motivational, Acceptance, Self

  Brené Brown (2013). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.88, Penguin UK

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• You have the approval of yourself. That's quite enough for we who know true inner peace! - Charmainism

  Charmaine

  Inner Peace, Enough, Knows

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• The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become for someone's approval. Within you is a void that should have been filled by self-esteem. When you attempt to fill it with the approval of others instead, the void grows deeper and the hunger for acceptance and approval grows stronger. The only solution is to summon the courage to honor your own judgment, frightening though that may be in the beginning.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Self Esteem, Eye, Acceptance

  Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.173, Simon and Schuster

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• Conscience, as a mentor, the guide and compass of every act, leads ever to happiness. When the individual can stay alone with his or her conscience and get its approval, without knowing force or specious knowledge, then he or she begins to know what real happiness is.

  William George Jordan

  Real, Knowing, Mentor

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• One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?

  Tom Baker

  Laughter, People, Laughing

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