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How to use the word Approval in a Sentence? Page #16

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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

– Mark Twain

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

– Clive Staples Lewis

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When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

– Henry Miller

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When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, and all of his faculties say amen to what he is doing, and give their unqualified approval to his efforts, - this is happiness, this is success.

– Orison Swett Marden

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To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God's approval.

– Hebrews 111-2 Bible

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All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

– Gerald R. Ford

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I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

– Johann Kepler

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If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself.

– Dorothy Law Nolte

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Total self-esteem requires total and unconditional acceptance of yourself. You are a unique and worthy individual, regardless of your mistakes, defeats and failures, despite what others may think, say or feel about you or your behavior. If you truly accept and love yourself, you won't have a driving need for attention and approval. Self-esteem is a genuine love of self. Stop all adverse value judging of yourself. Stop accepting the adverse value judgments of others. Purge yourself of all condemnation, shame, blame, guilt & remorse.

– Unknown

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