David Jeremiah Quotes

Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world.

I'm still at the age where I'm constantly seeking approval of people I have respect for.

If anything, I want to please people too much.

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.

When you spend your entire life as a child actress, being told where to go and where to stand, you're performing constantly for people. It definitely breeds the kind of person who's dependent on other people's approval.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

I've always been looking for other people's approval.

I want people to like me, and I care what they think.

I just want to be agreeable; I want to be a pleaser. And that's all I want to do. I want to please the fans or the haters. One or the other.

I don't really know how accepted I am. Nothing ever matters to me apart from the people with negative opinions. That's literally it. That always drives me on to the next thing. It's funny, you just focus on them and then the next movie. That's the only thing you're thinking about when it comes out.

The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it--so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.

If you live for people’s acceptance you will die from their rejection.

The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.

When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there to approve of me." That is the desire to control other people and what they think. The first person who figures out how to do this owns the world.

The world consists mainly of love slobs who need other people's approval. Most people don't live their own lives very well.

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.

What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?

Many people allow their need for other people's approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.

How do you react when you think you need people's love? Do you become a slave for their approval?

Those who play for applause....Tha t’s all they get.

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

Everybody is so hungry for referrals, for 'likes.' I don't need to be liked. I don't need to be liked at all. I don't care if there's a button right there at the top of Drudge saying 'like' or 'dislike,' 'thumbs up,' 'thumbs down,' it doesn't mean anything.

Tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives.