Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the danger of valuing others' opinions over your self-worth.
Wayne Dyer's quote emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and confidence. It suggests that relying on external approval can undermine one's self-esteem and personal identity, indicating that one's own perspective should hold greater significance in evaluating oneself rather than seeking validation from others.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-esteem, this quote can remind the audience to prioritize their own views.
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.
The woman who follows the crowd will usually believe that I said this.
A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Let me tell so much truth. I want to tell the truth in my work. The truth will lead me to all.
Please don't settle for happiness. It's not good enough. Of course you deserve it, but if that's all you have in mind - happiness - I want to suggest to you that personal success devoid of meaningfulness, free of a steady commitment to social justice - that's more than a barren life. It's a trivial one.
Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several important things very quickly. Whether they will be of use to him is conditioned by survival. Survival, with honor, that outmoded and all-important word, is as difficult as ever and as all-important to a writer.
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