Quotes About Validation

I have a chip on my shoulder I pet every morning, a constant feeling like I have something to prove. Hearing that the canon can't be diversified, there's no room for more brown faces - that fueled my fire.

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself.

People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.

Basically, I want to prove to everybody that I can write music - good music.

I've done whatever it takes to prove I am a clean athlete.

I haven't done nothing in this league. Every day I come into practice or come into a game, I'm just trying to prove myself.

I didn't have any godfather in the industry and had to prove myself with each film.

I have to prove everything on the pitch.

My career and my stats, they all speak for itself so to say that I've got anything to prove to people, to say 'well, look, I can play, I'm not just a big guy,' that really is not my driving force in life.

I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper.

I don't have anything else to prove.

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, because eventually I am going to have to prove to my kids that once I was an actor!

I had to prove myself to a lot of different people.

'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.

I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it.

I could really care less about what they think about me, but at the same time, I do have something to prove.

I didn't feel I had to prove anything more.

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.

When you live in a leading lady's body, which I do, you have to constantly prove that you are funny.

I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself.

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be.

You have to apply yourself because you'll never get a better opportunity than the one you have right now. Having said that, people know by now if they like me or not. I don't need to prove anything.