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.
Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.
That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space.
Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.
I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.
The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother's obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape.
Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained
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