Approval Quotes - Page 2

In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.

Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability

When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.

As a people we do not need anyone else's stamp of approval.

The standard God has for you has nothing to do with approval, and everything to do with purpose.

It's always easier to apologize for something you've already done than to get approval for it in advance.

I started saying things in church that didn't meet with a lot of approval - like 'Jesus isn't coming back.' They started throwing Bibles.

It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.

I must work harder to achieve my goal of not seeking approval from those whose approval I'm not even sure is important to me.

A motto of the human race: Let me do what I like, and give me approval as well.

Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.

I don't really think I know myself. I don't quite get how K-pop is functioning. But I'm certain that we need to grab the approval when we have the chance.

I loved the fact that it wasn't my responsibility to change somebody, that it was God's, that my part was just to communicate love and approval.

Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.

A lot of us [comedians] are drawn to the stage or show business or whatever because we didn't feel so great about ourselves, and we didn't know how to do anything about that, so we sought external approval.

The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls.

To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition. This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity.

You make your work and you can't ask for approval when you're doing it. Otherwise, it's going to be untruthful in some way.

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and leave results. Leave a track record and show that to the Japanese public, who will, at the end of the day, I hope, appreciate it.

Religion is defined as social systems whose participants avow a supernatural agent or agents whose approval is to be sought.

The less you need someone's approval, the more you are able to love them.

Blessed are the uncool; for they shall be happy without needing the approval of others.

Self-approval is a dangerous state of mind.