“Approval is overrated. Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it.”

— Gregory Maguire , book Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Source: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

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Novelist 1954

Gregory Maguire (1954) Novelist

“I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.”

Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)

“Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

“It is the story-teller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.”

Graham Greene (1904–1991) English writer, playwright and literary critic

Speech on receiving the Shakespeare Prize awarded by the University of Hamburg, Germany (1969)

“A modern man may disapprove of some of his sweeping reforms, and approve others; but finds it difficult not to admire even where he does not approve.”

G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist

Said of Benito Mussolini while comparing him to Hildebrand (i. e. Pope Gregory VII), as quoted in "The Pearl of Great Price" by Robert Royal, his Introduction to "The Resurrection of Rome" by G. K. Chesterton in The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton (1990) by Vol. XXI, p. 274

“I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Why do you want the approval of others who don't even approve of themselves?”

Guy Finley (1949) American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician

The Secret of Letting Go

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

Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer

“Most people think everybody feels about them much more violently than they actually do; they think other people's opinions of them swing through great arcs of approval or disapproval.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald book Tender Is the Night

Source: Tender Is the Night

“I have to be honest here, I'm not really interested in selling records to people who are homophobic. I don't need the approval of people who don't approve of me.”

George Michael (1963–2016) English singer-songwriter, musician, producer

Interview with Oprah Winfrey (2004), reported in Luke Henriques Gomes, " George Michael: from tortured star to pop icon http://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/music/2016/12/26/george-michael-bathroom-incident/", The New Daily (December 26, 2016).

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