Quotes About Validation

No one thinks you're an idiot. That's just dumb.

You're a nice-looking girl Ã¢â'¬Â¦ all over. That's all you need, honey, forget the atmosphere.

Good works will be recognized ultimately, but if you work for the recognizion alone, you may be in for a long wait.

Wonder about mistress courses, certification, resumes. Perhaps you are not really qualified.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Until he knows he isn't a monster, how is anybody else supposed to know?

Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.

Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not?

It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have out little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not.

you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones.

Aprende a conocer y a distinguir los elogios que enaltecen de los que denigran

It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have our little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not.

La modestie n'exclut pas la satisfaction d'être approuvée et appréciée comme on l'a mérité.

If she is right we will not gain anything by answering, and if she is wrong time will vindicate us.

the Puritans had produced a religion that validated worldly activity, with "the making of money by acquisition as the ultimate purpose" of life.

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El éxito es un atributo de la mirada de los demás.

Los escritores solemos pensar que nuestros libros son lo mejor que nosotros somos y, si eso lo desprecian, ¿cómo no van a despreciarte a ti, que eres mucho peor que tus obras?

Ah, la vanidad del escritor... Podemos llegar a ser una auténtica peste. Quizá sea por nuestra especial dependencia de la mirada ajena, o porque la falta de criterios objetivos a la hora de juzgar una novela hace que siempre nos sintamos un poco inseguros, siempre un poco en el aire; pero lo cierto es que la vanidad es, para nosotros, como una droga dura, un chute de reconocimiento exterior que, como toda droga, nunca sacia la necesidad de aprobación que padecemos.

It made me sad when I caught myself pretending that everybody out there in cyberspace cared about what I thought, when really nobody gives

You are who you are, Benny Oh. Just don't let anyone tell you that's a problem.

So thank you for noticing, and thank you, too, for what you said just now: I knew you were mine. These are words every book wants to hear, and they sent a tremor of delight down our spine.

It made me sad when I caught myself pretending that everybody out there in cyberspace cared about what I thought, when really nobody gives a shit.30 And when I multiplied that sad feeling by all the millions of people in their lonely little rooms, furiously writing and posting to their lonely little pages that nobody has time to read because they're all so busy writing and posting,31 it kind of broke my heart.

You are who you are Benny Oh. Just don't let anyone tell you that's a problem.