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

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

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"Children now expect their parents to audition for approval."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"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, American Public Servant

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"When you release yourself from the need for approval and control you can stop punishing yourself and others."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!"

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"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, American Comedian

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"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, Swedish Musician

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"Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

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

Andrew Carnegie, American Businessman

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"The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster."

Chris Morris, British Critic

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

Melvin Maddocks, American Journalist

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"The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled."

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"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."

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"I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar."

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"Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket."

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