self approval, n.All

Self-approval (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the elevation hidden inside submission: because the constraint comes only from one's own reason, obeying it also lifts one up.

Self-approval (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the highest thing we can hope for — which is why fame drives us so hard, and why life in disgrace is almost unendurable.