Approval Quotes

I've always been looking for other people's approval.

If we are addicted to people's approval, we will always experience pain when that approval is withdrawn--as it always is.

We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

The president's [Donald Trump] approval rating is much higher than the media's approval rating and Congress' approval rating, for that matter.

I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - without UN approval and much broader support from the international community.

We will never be the women God wants us to be if our hearts are continually chasing after human approval.

How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition or approval.

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

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.

I think [Bush] would like to hand his father Saddam Hussein's head and win his approval for what happened after the Gulf War.

A friend in the true sense is not a person who passively nods approval of our conduct or ignores improper behavior. A friend is a person who cares.

No amount of temporal success can compensate for the loss of God's approval.

I would rather have the whole world against me but know that the Almighty God is with me, be called an apostate but know that I have the approval of the God of glory

Raised some taxes based on court orders and voter approval.

Why didn’t you talk about whether women are funny or not? I just felt that by commenting on that in any real way, it would be tacit approval of it as a legitimate debate, which it isn’t.

In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes instantly, with approval.

If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.

Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's what I'm doing. If I'm not, I don't long for it. I don't need the approval of an audience, or applause.

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

As was noted in the Wall Street Journal, last March 21st, FDA approval of drug labelling, '...requires seven to ten years, and costs each applicant an average of $70 million.'

Who knows if John McCain could have won that presidential campaign [2008] in any circumstances when George W. Bush the outgoing Republican president had a 22 percent approval rating.

I'd rather live dangerously for Jesus than exist safely for people's approval.

It is only the words of the bill that have presidential approval, where that approval is given. It is not to be supposed that in signing a bill the President endorses the whole Congressional Record.

Self respect beats social approval, every time.

Your approval gives others the confidence to serve, to learn, to try.

Ladies and gentlemen, even my own staff challenges me. When I issue edicts, commands, orders, ideas, you would think that there would be overwhelming blanket acquiescence, approval, and support.

I believe that the polling data that shows people give Obama 53% approval, I happen to think the polls are right. I just think people are not being honest with the pollster.

Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval.

With age comes wisdom and confidence, and I don't feel like I'm seeking approval as much as I used to from other people.

[Muppets] all have their own teams. And I had to get it over to [Miss] Piggy's team and approvals, but she was with it.

Indeed, it is a kind of quintessence of pride to hate and fear even the kind and legitimate approval of those who love us! I mean, to resent it as a humiliating patronage.

I think actors, they maybe want more approval than I'm used to giving. Everybody does. Everybody needs a hug you know, all the time. I'm not very good at that. I could get better at that.

A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we think we deserve because of our obedient performance.

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me.

You get the most approval when you care the least about it.

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

Don't allow the approval and attention of others to destroy you.

Give your approval to all you cannot understand.

Almost all Europe, for many centuries, was inundated with blood, which was shed at the direct instigation or with the full approval of the ecclesiastical authorities.

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

It made me feel that I had to work very hard, but I've always felt I had to work very hard to get my own approval.

Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.

It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.

You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.

Don’t try to make anyone like you. Work on you and the right people will be drawn to you. Mind games consume energy that could have been used on something more productive and fulfilling.

If they don't like you for who you are, it means they're not meant to be in your life.

Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.

Be yourself because an original is worth more than just a copy.

Be yourself because an original is always worth more than a copy.