Approval quotes

Discover inspiring quotes about the power of approval and its impact on our lives. Explore words of wisdom that remind us how validation can bring joy, growth, and confidence.

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

- Bainbridge Colby

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

- Gerald R. Ford

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

- Henry Miller

It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or her particular soldier out of the Army and to upset the carefully arranged system of points for retirement which we had arranged with the approval of the Army itself.

- Henry L. Stimson

I can assure you that everything I say and do has the complete approval of the Fuehrer and that I would not say or do anything that does not have his approval.

- Hjalmar Schacht

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

- Mason Cooley

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

- Agnetha Faltskog

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

- Chris Morris

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

- Stephan Jenkins

But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing.

- Jay Roach

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

This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.

- Norm Dicks

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

- Johann Kepler

A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.

- Barbara Walters

She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!

- Andrew Card

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

- Maurice Chevalier

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

- Melvin Maddocks

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.

- Franz Schubert

One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.

- Jacques Chirac

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

- Hans Selye