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“Respect cannot be inherited, respect is the result of right actions.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“When you begin to relinquish your ego, you will no longer feel compelled to prove to people how busy you are in an attempt to validate your sense of worth.”
― Miya Yamanouchi , Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women

“A book about books is like a poem about poetry:

Books are knowledge, paid for, all.
Readers - horses in a stall.
Stallions should always run.
Lest they stale become, in turn.

Running waters are most clear.
In some books, you disappear �
lose yourself, and track of time.
How I wish that one was mine...

Mine, to have, to write, to read...
Mine, just like a flying steed.
Mine, forever, - to improve.
Would I then, of me, approve?

I would not, I can't... myself.
I'm but dust, swept off a shelf.
Fly, can I, just 'til I'm settled,
down, beside my flower, petalled.”
― Will Advise, Nothing is here...

“Before God put that dream into you, he did not ask for the approval of anybody... It means anyone who tells you "it's impossible" is not from God!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“The less approval I get, the more chances I have to develop a relationship with my inner sense of approval. Thankless environments are actually useful for this. They help me discover my own thankfulness and my own self-appreciation.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“Don't allow anyone to hold you back from expressing your feelings. Maybe you just can't stand a chance of losing some friends, but if you must be truly you, you must be you! Nothing else!”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“Don't beg for approval or expect respect. Respect comes from within and your choice to allow people to take it from you, by how you teach them to treat you.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“There is no way to genuinely, powerfully, truly love yourself while crafting a mask of perfection. I know, you know, we all know—it's hard to let your pimples and your flaws be seen. It's hard to stumble and bumble. It's hard to not know the right things to do or say. It's hard to not look like TV.

Sometimes, it's really hard for me to be the awkward mess that I am when I'm authentic, instead of having runway authenticity—all natural, but flawless. But every time I allow that to be okay, not just around myself but around others—I affirm something to myself. I affirm, to myself more than anyone else, that I am lovable and acceptable unconditionally. I affirm that it's okay to take on and take in all the flavours and hues of human experience, and not just the ones that are acceptable in this culture, in this time, in this place.

And that kind of acceptance, that kind of love—that's the kind of love that creates miracles. That's the kind of love I really need. That's the kind of love that makes approval taste like cardboard.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“We are equal by fault, but never equal in acceptance.”
― Anthony Liccione

“What I think we as the church lack, though, is a place to talk about how things really are right now. In our desire to be an inspiration to one another we often veil what is true, because what is true is not always inspirational. It's not easy to watch or personally experience a marriage on the verge of divorce, or a child battling cancer, or a betrayal of the worst kind, or dreams lost in the dust, or overwhelming feelings of despair or emptiness. But these things are real. And hurting believers whose lives are in tatters need real help. If we were able to put aside our need for approval long enough to be authentic, then, surely, we would be living as the church.”
― Sheila Walsh, Loved Back to Life: How I Found the Courage to Live Free

“When you live your life seeking the opinion and approval of others, you become a slave in your mind and soul to others. This is the worst form of slavery.”
― Dr. Bien Sufficient

“Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.”
― Rachel Naomi Remen, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal

“I need not present my actions, my words, myself for somebody else's approval. And basing my decisions on somebody else's approval or making my own approval contingent on somebody else's only postpones what I really want.”
― Jan Denise

“Stop worrying about approval and appreciation. Enjoy the beauty and effect of contributing to the universe.”
― Debasish Mridha

“More people would be depressed, if parents tried to please their children as frequently and as badly as children try to please their parents.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“When your own approval means more than the approval of others, that is self-love.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“¿Cómo que necesito la aprobación de alguien? Yo soy alguien. Yo lo apruebo. ¡Así que me doy permiso a mí mismo para seguir adelante con todo mi apoyo!”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“Sexual starvation forces a heterosexual man to see beauty in every single female who he can sleep with without his society’s disapproval.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If I were surrounded by people who always approved of me, I wouldn’t need such a deep relationship with my own sense of right and wrong. And you know what that means? It means that other people’s approval is actually a hindrance, more than a helper, when it comes to self-discovery.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“Kama umefanya au umesema kitu kibaya na ukasema ukweli mbele ya mtu au ya watu, omba msamaha kupata tena kibali cha umma.”
― Enock Maregesi

“Che significa che devo avere l'approvazione di qualcuno? Io sono qualcuno. Io approvo. Quindi do il permesso a me stesso di andare avanti con il mio pieno supporto.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich

“Richard Nixon coveted, to the point of obsession, a controversy-free, stage-managed coronation.”
― David Pietrusza, 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies

“We tend to live down to other people’s expectations, especially the people closest to us. It is more difficult to obtain approval of people who hold us in high regard than to accept the lower standards that other people hold of us.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“We live with the key purpose of receiving the approval of those around us because we don’t know who we are in reality”
― Sunday Adelaja

“When believers come to know God's love heart-deep, we are compelled to live into that love life-deep. To be preapproved means this: We love from our approval, not for our approval. We love without expecting anything in return.”
― Jennifer Dukes Lee, Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval - and Seeing Yourself Through God's Eyes

“Tayari Mungu ameshakufadhili. Tafuta kibali chake uishi kama anavyotaka. Kibali cha Mungu ndiyo mtaji wa maisha yako.”
― Enock Maregesi

“The NSA may, or may not have rejected the invisible secret operative application form I never even bothered to have sent over to them. I'll never know...”
― Will Advise, Nothing is here...

“A Speechmaker's Prayer:
"Let each word of mine be tender and sweet,
Just in case someone might make me eat it.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job

“We knew the boys weren't worthy of passing judgment on us. And yet we spent our lives chasing approval.”
― Elliott Holt, You Are One of Them

“It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.”
― Stephen Covey