Approval Quotes - Page 9

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behavior by his attitude towards the result of the behavior arranged by himself, we can be influenced towards behaving in the same way.

T. S. Eliot

Attitude, Creativity, Giving

T.S. Eliot (1950). “Selected Essays”

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When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just as well lead to a thumbs-down and a season in hell.

Julian Barnes

Falling In Love, Thumbs Down, Doe

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The way two people can end up in the same place, find each other in a crowd, and change their lives and the lives of the people around them forever... It makes you believe in fate. And fate gives love some authority. Like it's been stamped with approval from above, if you believe in above. A godly green light. Some destined significance.

Deb Caletti

Believe, Fate, Godly

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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

Laozi

Money, Heart, Knives

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Multitudes of people who expect to go to Heaven will go to a Hell of torment. Thousands of "good" people, "moral" people, church members, even church workers - yes, and, alas, even prophets, priests and preachers - will find themselves lost when they expected to be saved, condemned when they expected approval, cast out of Heaven when they expected to be received into eternal bliss. That is the explicit meaning of the words of our Lord... (see: Matt 7:21-23.]

John R. Rice

Christian, People, Heaven

John R. Rice (1939). “Religious But Lost”, p.5, Sword of the Lord Publishers

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What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?

R. C. Sproul

Christian, Done, Enjoy

R. C. Sproul (2012). “Pleasing God: Discovering the Meaning and Importance of Sanctification”, p.7, David C Cook

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Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.

Bernard Baruch

Love, Mistake, Heart

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When we work so hard at our preparations for Christmas, we often feel cheated and frustrated when others fail to notice the results of our efforts. We need to ask ourselves why we are doing the things we choose to do. If love motivates us-love for our families, for our neighbors - then we are free to simply enjoy the actual process of what we do, rather than requiring the approval and admiration of others for the results of our labors.

Ellyn Sanna

Christmas, Effort, Frustrated

Ellyn Sanna, Barbour Bargain Books (2002). “May the Peace of Christ Be Yours This Season”, Barbour Publishing

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Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the Discipline. If they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the Discipline, one must conclude thus: 'Certainly, this is not the Blessed One's utterance; this has been misunderstood by that bhikkhu - or by that community, or by those elders, or by that elder.' In that way, bhikkhus, you should reject it.

Gautama Buddha

Buddhist, Blessed, Discipline

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Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively approve. We are becoming a numerate society: almost instinctively there seems now to be a greater degree of truth in evidence expressed numerically than in any literary evidence, no matter how shaky the statistical evidence, or acute the observing eye.

J. H. Plumb

Truth, Eye, Science

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For most of recorded history, parental violence against children and men's violence against wives was explicitly or implicitly condoned. Those who had the power to prevent and/or punish this violence through religion, law, or custom, openly or tacitly approved it. .....The reason violence against women and children is finally out in the open is that activists have brought it to global attention.

Riane Eisler

Children, Women, Law

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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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