Self-Approval

(476 votes)   What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one's self-approval.

Mark Twain
1835-1910, American Humorist, Writer

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(272 votes)   The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author

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(257 votes)   The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(242 votes)   I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.

Mike Piazza

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(239 votes)   There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.

Joel Rosenberg

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(229 votes)   I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.

Dr. Paul Tournier

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(226 votes)   It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.

George Foreman
1949-, American Boxer

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(218 votes)   Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.

Dale Carnegie
1888-1955, American Author, Trainer

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(216 votes)   At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

Maurice Wagner

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(215 votes)   Everybody has the right to be left alone but nobody has the right to demand approval.

Source Unknown

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(214 votes)   Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

Rozanne Weissman

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(213 votes)   The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.

Casey Stengel
1889-1975, American Baseball Player and Manager

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(212 votes)   My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it.

Robert Montgomery
1807-1855, American Author

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(209 votes)   Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993, American Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker, Author

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