Approval Quotes - page 2

The progress of science is tremendously disorderly, and the motivations that lead to this progress are tremendously varied, and the reasons why scientists go into science, the personal motivations, are tremendously varied. I have said ... that science is a haven for freaks, that people go into science because they are misfits, and that it is a sheltered place where they can spin their own yarn and have recognition, be tolerated and happy, and have approval for it. (Max Delbrück)
The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or-if they think there is not-at least they hope to deserve approval from good men. But the Christian thinks any good he does comes from the Christ-life inside him. He does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a greenhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, but becomes bright because the sun shines on it. View quote
C. S. Lewis
Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. View quote
Laozi
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. View quote
Mindy Kaling
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. View quote
Paula Deen
When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away. View quote
Shakti Gawain
Whenever you are too worried about someone else's approval, that person loses respect for you. Copyright © by Sherry Argov. View quote
Sherry Argov
The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion. View quote
John Boyd Orr
I have to be honest here, I'm not really interested in selling records to people who are homophobic. I don't need the approval of people who don't approve of me. View quote
George Michael
Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves. View quote
Amy Chua
"Never!" What a strong word! A few modern philosophers seem to lend their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts when they assert that an individual's intelligence is a fixed quantity, a quantity that cannot be increased. We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism. We shall attempt to prove that it is without foundation. (Alfred Binet)
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. View quote
Denis Waitley
A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well. View quote
Idries Shah
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. View quote
Charles Schwab
As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation. View quote
Hans Selye
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. View quote
Naomi Wolf
Approval is overrated... Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without. View quote
Gregory Maguire
You should seek approval from yourself. View quote
Ichiro Suzuki
People striving for approval from others become phony. View quote
Ichiro Suzuki
I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything. View quote
Agnetha Faltskog
I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature. (Andrew Stanton)
When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval. View quote
David Antin
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! View quote
Dan Burton
This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers. View quote
Henry Taube
The role at the DCCC as well as the role of chief deputy whip - I wouldn't be where I am in those spots if it were not for the speaker's approval. View quote
Joseph Crowley