#approval

When a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends most of his energy trying to tone it down because his very nature is already offensive enough. ↗

— Criss Jami

#approval #authority #blanket #brute-force #brutes

A need for approval lies behind all efforts of evangelism. If someone else can be convinced, that will show us that we are on the right path. The attempt to convince someone of anything is a mark of insecurity. (173) ↗

— Ravi Ravindra

#evangelism #insecurity #right-path #yoga

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

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#already #approval #consult #course #decided

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#best #consciousness #doing #except #look

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job. ↗

— Jimmy Carr

#approval #comedians #desperately #disorder #job

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least. ↗

— Maurice Chevalier

#give #least #most #seek #those

When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just as well lead to a thumbs-down and a season in hell. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#love #love

I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I'm gonna rip it off. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#crave #dosages #gonna #i #longer

He gains everyone's approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful. ↗

— Horace

#everyone #gains #mixes #pleasant #useful