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Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers.

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

Strength, Strong, Needs

Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers. Peter Finch

Swimming, Success Is

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

Single, Prefer, Thoughtless

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. Denis Waitley

Achievement, Most, Constant

Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions. Harvey Mackay

Self-Esteem, Rest, Other

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval. Hillary Clinton

Politics, Believe, Prepared

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance. Brene Brown

Think, Striving

The masses go into a revolution not with a prepared plan of social reconstruction, but with a sharp feeling that they cannot endure the old regime. Only the guiding layers of a class have a political program, and even this still requires the test of events and the approval of the masses. Leon Trotsky

Political, Prepared, Guiding

Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got them in order to sew up approval. Caroline Knapp

Reward, Always, Sew

When you grow up a fatherless son, in many ways you have to raise yourself. No one tells you what looks good on you, how to carry yourself, or provides the approval. Without a father, you grow up never knowing what you didn't have. There is no intimate model of who you want to become, so it's as if you're always guessing. John Hickenlooper

Father, Good, Without

Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored. Mallory Ortberg

Being Ignored, Ignored

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. - Mark Twain

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain

Comfortable, Own, His

I wasn't a good-looking child. I got screwed out of the genetic deal. My sister looks like a model. I think that's why I'm a comic. I'm deeply insecure, since I was always feeling ugly. I wasn't a healthy child. I had poor self-esteem. That's why I need people's approval. Nikki Glaser

Self-Esteem, I Think, Deal

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval. Thomas S. Monson

Smile, God, Brings

Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God. Victoria Osteen

Doing, Almighty God

Truman has become the patron saint of failed presidents because he left office with a 27 percent approval rating, and people were saying, 'To err is Truman,' yet look at what he did: the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, the Truman Doctrine. Douglas Brinkley

Office, Presidents, Rating

What I found fascinating for me was, I've never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I had a guy on my arm that people thought I was going to marry. It was amazing. I mean, nobody congratulated me that hard when I had my three children. Shonda Rhimes

Thought, Marry, Gotten

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

Doing, Consciousness, Except

I worked hard to be accepted by the fashion community in ways beyond my physical appearance. In no time, though, I found myself surrendering to the industry's approval process. I felt like I needed validation from everyone. As a result, I lost sight of myself and what it meant to be happy, what it meant to be successful. Cara Delevingne

Happy, No Time, Needed

When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away. Shakti Gawain

Personal, Away, Give

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation. Hans Selye

Thirst, Dread, Condemnation

If anything, we should feel sorry for the people who want us to feel bad about ourselves, because they are the ones struggling for approval. In middle school, bullies tortured other kids because they thought it would make people like them more. Ariana Grande

Thought, Bad, Other

I'm so glad I'm not a dentist. How many times does someone say, 'Oh, Doc, it felt so good when you were drilling my teeth'? Never. But when you give someone a wonderful cookie, you put a little of yourself in, and you see someone's face light up - that's immediate approval. Paula Deen

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. Charles Schwab

Work, Spirit, However

When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing. Silence by elected officials in particular conveys approval - or at least acquiescence - and can contribute to a climate of fear and a sense of vulnerability. Chris Smith

Political Leaders, Least

You're not free in life until you're free of wanting other people's approval. Dawn Steel

Wanting, Other, Until

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