“Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don’t base your self-esteem on their opinions.” – Harvey Mackay
Category: Happiness Quotes
“If we’re in constant need for approval from other people, it could be a sign that the approval we receive internally simply isn’t enough.”- Erica Florentine, 8 Weird Signs of Low Self-Esteem & How To Change It
“Trying to get other people’s approval is not going to boost up one’s self worth. One thing is that you will never get the approval from everyone. While you may get approval from some, others will be turned away. Most of the time trying too hard to get approval from others backfires.”- Ed Russo, The Pleiadian Papers
“Excessive need for approval is typically the result of an overly negative self-image.”- Carolyn Gregoire, This Is The Only Personality Type That Enjoys Being With Narcissists
“The fallacy of approval is irrational because it implies that others will respect and like you more if you go out of your way to please them. Often this simply isn’t true. Would you respect people who have compromised important values just to gain acceptance? Are you likely to think highly of people who repeatedly deny their own needs as a means of buying approval?”- Ronald B. Adler and Russell F. Proctor II, Looking Out, Looking In
“The truth is, many of us are looking for the approval of those closest to us on some level or another. And often this is disguised by the desire to have someone understand what we are talking about or going through, anything important to us about ourselves. I always thought I just wanted them to ‘get it.’ In reality, I wanted them to get it so that they would be okay with me.”- Jade Mazarin, Seeking to be Understood: The Need for Approval
“We are forever looking outside ourselves, seeking approval and striving to impress others. But living to please others is a poor substitute for self-love, for no matter how family and friends may adore us, they can never satisfy our visceral need to love and honor ourselves.”- Susan L. Taylor, Lessons in Living
“Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts — only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people tend to be satisfied by what you do.”- Raquel Welch, attributed, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing
“Seeking approval of others is typically a good indication that we’ve been shortchanging our potential for greatness.” – Anonymous
“Approval is a necessary component of self-esteem. It becomes a problem only when we give up our true self to find it. Then approval-seeking works against us.”- David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
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