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.
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Real eyes, realize, real lies.
He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interests; he gives an independent, genuine verdict. You must court him: he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness.
It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.
Having a large amount of leverage is like driving a car with a dagger on the steering wheel pointed at your heart. If you do that, you will be a better driver. There will be fewer accidents but when they happen, they will be fatal.
These scars bear witness but whether to repair or to destruction I no longer know.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.