#Approval Quotes

“Pay no heed to the average photographer's remarks upon "flat" and "weak" negatives. Probably he is flat, weak, stale, and unprofitable; your negative may be first-rate, and probably is if he does not approve of it.”

“Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions andapproval.”

“We thirst for approbation, yet cannot forgive the approver.”

“O, that our fathers would applause our loves, To seal our happiness with hteir consents!”

“People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.”

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

“Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.”

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

“The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it--so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.”

“Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.”

“I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance”

“Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval.”

“Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.”

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”

“If we are addicted to people's approval, we will always experience pain when that approval is withdrawn--as it always is.”

“Don't depend on other people as the source of your happiness or for approval.”

“Until we accept and approve of ourselves, no amount of approval from others will keep us permanently secure.”

“A vain man can never be utterly ruthless: he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others”

“Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.”

“Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life?”

“Hang your merit. I don't seek anyone's approbation.”

“We want you to stop caring about what anybody else's response is to you. And when you get there, they'll all really, really like you. It's the strangest thing. When you need their approval, you never get it. And when you don't need their approval, you're so tuned in, everybody wants to be with you.”

“The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem.”

“Based on current surveys of public opinion in the United States, it turns out that the majority of Americans think I've done a pretty good job.”

“O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!”