Quotes about Approval

What matters most is not what I think I am or am not. What matters is what my Father sees in me and what He says about me.

The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

God's approval isn't based on what a person does. Rather, he accepts what a person does because he already approves of the person. The person hasn't earned God's approval through the good that he or she does. Because

The best commendation of any work is to know that one has done the work that God has given him well and that God is pleased with his effort.

We are not to be so concerned about who approves or disapproves of us, but remember that God's approval is what counts. Those whom God approves are approved indeed.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance.

God's mark of approval, whenever you obey Him, is peace. He sends an immeasurable, deep peace; not a natural peace, "as the world gives," but the peace of Jesus. Whenever peace does not come, wait until it does, or seek to find out why it is not coming. If you are acting on your own impulse, or out of a sense of the heroic, to be seen by others, the peace of Jesus will not exhibit itself.

But it is better to enter into life maimed and lovely in God's sight than to be lovely in man's sight and lame in God's.

It is not a lack of spiritual experience that leads to failure, but a lack of working to keep our eyes focused and on the right goal. At least once a week examine yourself before God to see if your life is measuring up to the standard He has for you. Paul was like a musician who gives no thought to audience approval, if he can only catch a look of approval from his Conductor.

Paul was like a musician who gives no thought to audience approval, if he can only catch a look of approval from his Conductor.

Without knowing it, we put our identity and inner peace in the hands of the people around us. We look to them for what no flawed human being will ever be able to deliver. We ride the roller coaster of their views of us. We begin to do things not because they are right, but because we know they will please those whose opinion of us and acceptance of us mean more than they should.