#approval

One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it? ↗

— Tom Baker

#funny #laugh #laughter #longs #make

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind. ↗

— George William Curtis

#best #deeds #distinguished #fame #favorable

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven. ↗

— Bill Hybels

#dead #father #god #guiding #heaven

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick? ↗

— Elia Kazan

#approval #artist #biggest #charge #ever

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. ↗

— Paul Rudd

#approval #had #i #need #sure

In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#approval #jefferson #knew #noted #place

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. ↗

— Vernon Howard

#any #approval #does #lion #more

If you are an approval addict, your behaviour is as easy to control as that of any other junkie. All a manipulator need do is a simple two-step process: Give you what you crave, and then threaten to take it away. Every drug dealer in the world plays this game. ↗

— Harriet B. Braiker

#approval-of-others #manipulation #life

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

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#approval #black-humor #disapproval #dishonesty #funny

What do you mean I have to wait for someone's approval?  I'm someone.  I approve.  So I give myself permission to move forward with my full support! ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#approval #dreams #drive #goals #myself