Fear of Disapproval Quotes

Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel indifferent to it.

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

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become for someone's approval. Within you is a void that should have been filled by self-esteem. When you attempt to fill it with the approval of others instead, the void grows deeper and the hunger for acceptance and approval grows stronger. The only solution is to summon the courage to honor your own judgment, frightening though that may be in the beginning.

Managing by trying to be liked is the path to ruin.

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

Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his enemy (conscience) within his gates; and it keeps watch over him, vigilant always in the interests of its master to crush any half-formed desire to break away from the herd.

A moral coward is one who is afraid to do what he thinks is right because others will disapprove or laugh. Remember that all men have their fears, but those who face their fears with dignity have courage as well.

The fear of not getting the reward becomes the fear of rejection. The fear of not being good enough... is what makes us try to change, what makes us create an image.

I'm afraid of a couple things. I'm afraid of getting caught up in other people's expectations, because I feel like that's an ongoing battle.

We are too focused on avoiding criticism and not enough on making a difference.

I've always been afraid of saying no to people because I don't want them to be disappointed and dislike me.

What people are afraid of isn't failure. It's blame. Criticism.

For most of us even the imagined threat of criticism functions to control our behavior. We are haunted to some degree by questions about our self-worth. As a consequence, we continually attempt to prove to ourselves and others that we are okay people, credible, trustworthy, and competent.

There were people whom you positively ached to please. If you failed with such people they would put you into a category in their minds where they could kee you and have contempt for you forever.

People striving for approval from others become phony.

Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored.

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval.

Parents do not have the courage to say no to certain things that their children demand. They are rather scared of their children.

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

I am constantly scared that I should not do or say anything that will hurt my fans.

When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just as well lead to a thumbs-down and a season in hell.

A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.

I've always been a people pleaser.