Seeking Approval Quotes

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Shannon L. Alder
“Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.”
― Shannon L. Alder
tags: accomplishments, anger, betrayed, bitterness, blindsighted, blown-off, broken-hearted, compassion, confidence, creativity, dignity, dumped, ego, erasing-the-past, false-confidence, false-worth, forgiveness, forgiving-others, freedom, games, giving, growth, hatred, hidden-agendas, hurt, ignored, inner-joy, inner-peace, live-free, low-self-esteem, move-on, new-beginnings, obvious, peace, pride, proud, proving-worth, real-value, rebel, repentance, restituition, revenge, seeking-approval, self-hatred, self-love, spiritual-growth, start-over, steps-of-repentance, stubborn, the-past, truth, truth-follower, value
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Mandy Hale
“You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
tags: approval, approval-of-others, begging, confident, loving-yourself, people-pleaser, positive-thinking, respect, respecting-yourself, seeking-approval, self-worth, self-worthiness
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Shannon L. Alder
“More often than not, people who are obsessed with their desires and feelings are generally unhappier in life vs. people that refocus their attention on service to others or a righteous cause. Have you ever heard someone say their life sucked because they fed the homeless? Made their children laugh? Or, bought a toy for a needy child at Christmas time?”
― Shannon L. Alder
tags: achievement, altruism, attitude, change, character, charity, choose-the-right, community, crossroads, desires, direction, directions, ego, families-forever, family, family-projects, family-sharing, fullfillment, goals, happiness, homeless, humanity, joy, life, low-self-esteem, morals, narcissist, needs, needy, new-beginnings, obsessed, obsession, parenting-101, people, perspective, quality, refocus, refocusing, responsibilites, seeking-approval, self-absorbed, selfishness, service, service-projects, staying-positive, stayingpositiveu-com, stuck, values, wants, what-matteres, white-path
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Lailah Gifty Akita
“Never seek to please anyone. Seek to evolve thyself.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
tags: choice-quotes, courage-quotes, dare-to-be-excellent, dare-to-win, daring-quotes, decision-quotes, despair, despair-and-attitude, educational-philosophy, educational-quotes, evolve, faith-quotes, faith-strength, fearless-quotes, inner-strength-quotes, pleasing-others, positive-quotes, seeker-of-fate, seeking-approval, self-empowerment-quotes, self-esteem-quotes, self-motivation-quotes, strength-through-adversity, winners-and-losers, winning-mentality, wisdom-quotes, wise-words, your-destiny, your-journey
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Dragos Bratasanu
“You strive to please others, to fit in, and feel accepted. In spite of that, you still don’t feel accepted, and not because others don’t accept you, but because you haven’t accepted yourself as you are.”
― Dragos Bratasanu, The Pursuit of Dreams: Claim Your Power, Follow Your Heart, and Fulfill Your Destiny
tags: accept-yourself, acceptance, follow-your-dreams, pleasing-others, seeking-approval
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Lailah Gifty Akita
“Dare to ask questions. There are answers to any question.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
tags: answer, answer-questions, answered-prayer, answers, answers-to-prayer, asking, asking-advice, asking-favors, asking-for-help, asking-for-trouble, asking-god-for-a-sign, asking-questions, dare, dare-to-ask, dare-to-ask-questions, dare-to-look, dare-to-seek, question, question-and-answer, question-everything, questioning, questioning-religion, questions-and-answers, questions-in-life, seeking, seeking-approval, seeking-comfort, seeking-god, seeking-solutions, seeking-success, seeking-truth
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Curtis Tyrone Jones
“To be brutally truthful, the removal of your noodle from seeking other people’s futile approval to be you, is one of the most beautiful steps to flight, where wings flap to freedom from so many deadly traps.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones
tags: be-yourself, brutal-honesty, flying-high, freedom, seeking-approval, self-approval, self-esteem, self-love, trapped
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Dragos Bratasanu
“heeping (noun): a state of mindlessly following others when in fact you know the truth and the right actions you must take, but you don’t want to overcome social resistance, accept the brief emotional pain of going against social pressure, and assume full responsibility for your life.”
― Dragos Bratasanu, The Pursuit of Dreams: Claim Your Power, Follow Your Heart, and Fulfill Your Destiny
tags: book-quotes, following-the-crowd, hay-house, live-your-life, resistance, seeking-approval, social-pressure
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Ufuoma Apoki
“The more you try, so desperately, to prove a point to get someone's approval, the more fleeting that approval might be, causing a chain of depreciation of self-esteem. Sometimes, all you need do is truly love yourself and get only the approval and acceptance of the inner self.”
― Ufuoma Apoki
tags: fleeting-approval, love-yourself, seeking-approval, self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-worth
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Lailah Gifty Akita
“We all have weakness and strength. I have to fight against the weakness in my personality. Everyone of should fight against the weakness of the soul. Seek to build on your strengths.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
tags: seeking-approval, seeking-comfort, strength-and-courage, strength-through-adversity, weak, weak-men, weak-souls, weakness-and-strength, weakness-quotes
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