There is nothing left to us but to see how we may be approved of Him, and how we may roll the weight of our weak souls in well-doing upon Him, who is God omnipotent. Samuel Rutherford
As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff. Colin Firth
He should have been in the same rank as Laurence Olivier, but he was very wild and had a scandal around him all the time and I think in theater circles that would not be approved of. Richard Burton
My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others! Marquis de Sade
If you want to reach a state of Bliss - make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved and the need to judge. Deepak Chopra
Honour is a great check upon mankind: But where a considerable body of men act together, this check is, in a great measure, removed; since a man is sure to be approved of by his own party, for what promotes the common interest; and he soon learns to despise the clamours of adversaries. David Hume