"There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception."
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"Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval"
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"We don't earn God's love; we receive it. We don't work for His approval; He approves us."
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"My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me."
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"Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'."
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"You get the most approval when you care the least about it."
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"Don't allow the approval and attention of others to destroy you."
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"Self respect beats social approval, every time."
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"It made me feel that I had to work very hard, but I've always felt I had to work very hard to get my own approval."
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"If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing?"
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"Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts."
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"Life ain't about how fast you run or how high you climb, It's all about how good you bounce. A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."
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"If we are addicted to people's approval, we will always experience pain when that approval is withdrawn--as it always is."
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"We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them."
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