You get the most approval when you care the least about it.
Interpretation
True approval comes when you focus less on seeking validation from others.
This quote emphasizes the idea that genuine approval and acceptance often arise when one is not overly concerned with what others think. When individuals prioritize their own values and self-acceptance, they radiate confidence that attracts authentic admiration from others. Therefore, the less one seeks external validation, the more they are likely to receive it as a byproduct of living authentically.
In practice
In a speech about self-growth, one might say, 'Remember, you get the most approval when you care the least about it.'
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
Modesty is the graceful, calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness the charm of vivacious youth.
If there is any verse that you would like left out of the Bible, that is the verse that ought to stick to you, like a blister, until you really attend to its teaching.
Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.
Stars and shadows ain't good to see by.
Though I have drawn my sword in the present generous struggle for the rights of men, yet I am not in arms as an American, nor am I in pursuit of riches. My fortune is liberal enough, having no wife nor family, and having lived long enough to know that riches cannot ensure happiness.
I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.
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