Approval-Disapproval

Praises from an enemy imply real merit. (Thomas Fuller)

Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier. (Walter Savage)

Our entire life, with our fine moral code and our precious freedom, consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are. (Jean Anouilh)

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write on contempt of glory, inscribe their names. (Cicero)

There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honour. (Molière)

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. (Edgar Watson Howe)

It is difficult to like those whom we do not esteem; but it is no less so to like those whom we esteem more than ourselves. (La Rochefoucauld)

The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous. (Molière)

Lean too much upon the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns. (Tehyi Hsieh)