As gatekeepers decline, status signals shift from approval-based to performance-based.

Love is an unconditional state of being.

You will never gain anyone’s approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows.

Familia yako haikusaidii chochote katika mipango ya takdiri yako. Hii inasikitisha sana. Unajitahidi kila siku kuwafurahisha watu unaowapenda na watu wako wa karibu. Kila ukijitahidi kupata kibali cha watu unaishia kudharaulika na kuonekana mjinga asiyekuwa...

The Japanese economy, as the approval of foreign investors has been showing, has undoubtedly improved.

Right now, the president’s approval rating is not that strong. That has a lot to do with Iraq.

Pursuing a dream without God’s approval is as dangerous as walking on a rope bridge over a big gutter? Guess the end….!

The odds are still against an approval, … Are the concessions all ‘hard dollars’ is the question that the ATSB and analysts are asking.

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.

Although we view this as a done deal, the lack of finality in the approval may be holding some investors back. We continue to believe that silver will trade higher from here.

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

You have the approval of yourself. That’s quite enough for we who know true inner peace! – Charmainism

It’s a good development and keeps them on track for the U.S. approval probably later this year.

The rule of thumb is the lower the approval rating for Congress, the lower the approval rating for the party in control. The more vulnerable the seat, the greater pressure to stick it out. If...

These are desperate days for the Bush campaign with the president’s job approval in the danger zone. They are desperately using the politics of fear to try and distract from President Bush’s failed record on...

The FDA could legitimately speed up approval of new drugs as they become available because people are dying and we want to get the drugs available as fast as possible,

The odds are still against an approval. Are the concessions all ‘hard dollars’ is the question that the ATSB and analysts are asking.

Even though the president’s job-approval numbers are down a bit, the RNC is still raising money at a record clip. It’s likely a case where it’s the party activists that give, and they give no...

In the end, any vehicle that the governor uses will have to receive the approval of the state police.

Man’s desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his enemy (conscience) within his gates; and it keeps watch over him,...

When you’re appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone’s need for your approval.

This would not have been done without the approval of parents and police. We take the view that newspapers are part of the community and that this is part of our ongoing attempt to give...

[Sunni approval of the constitution would have] created a big movement against the terrorists, … It is a good document. What worries us is our Sunni Arab friends.

Winning the grass roots approval of rugby league fans is just as rewarding as receiving accolades from the experts,

We are encouraged by the Committee’s recommendation for approval of what would be the only FDA-approved safe and effective OTC weight-loss aid for overweight adults. We look forward to working with the FDA to gain...

Whenever you are too worried about someone else’s approval, that person loses respect for you.

Tayari Mungu ameshakufadhili. Tafuta kibali chake uishi kama anavyotaka. Kibali cha Mungu ndiyo mtaji wa maisha yako.

When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own.

If you read the constitution, it does not say ‘after obtaining the approval’ of the parliament but ‘after listening to the considerations’,

God’s approval should be your standard for success.

When we fall in love, we hope – both egotistically and altruistically – that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just...

While the February mortgage lending and approval data are relatively healthy, there are hints that housing market activity could be starting to lose momentum after several months of improvement.

Life is too short to waste time waiting for other people’s approval on how you live it.

Kama umefanya au umesema kitu kibaya na ukasema ukweli mbele ya mtu au ya watu, omba msamaha kupata tena kibali cha umma.

Before God put that dream into you, he did not ask for the approval of anybody… It means anyone who tells you “it’s impossible” is not from God!

Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgments and opinions. Die to all that, and fly free. Soar...

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

It was hard not to realize what kind of kid his parents wished they’d had, and when he thought about that kind of kid it was tempting for Paul to want to track, hunt, and...

The only approval you need in life, is that of your positive inner-self.

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...

Find yourself first…like yourself first…love yourself FIRST…& friendship & love will naturally find YOU.

Whatever you dream, you can achieve it provided it is the will of God for you. Once the Lord Jehovah is in approval of it, just dream it; He placed the power in you to...

You’ve been criticising yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

I’ve always been looking for other people’s approval.

As a ?lame duck? president with low approval ratings, he?s not in a good position to sell this budget. The people in Congress can just wait him out.

I’m as efficient as a fish ant, I’m as mythical as a productive government employee, and I’m the kind of lover your mother would approve of. Ask her—she’ll tell you how good I am in...

We submit these pre-approval documents along with the offer. We want the seller to think the buyer walks on water. The seller knows that, 30 days down the road, the buyer won’t back out because...

When a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends most of his energy trying to tone it down because...

It is so.

A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well.