Quotes About Validation

But when people flatter you constantly it is very tempting to think that you deserve it.

sólo las naturalezas inferiores encuentran en otro la justificación de sus actos, sólo las naturalezas inferiores encuentran las premisas de sus actos fuera de sí mismas.

So, now that Quichotte was in full possession of his senses, there were things he needed to say. 'My quest for you', he told Miss Salma R, 'has not been for you alone, but also for my own compromised goodness and virtue. I see it now. By attaining you - the impossible! - I thought it might validate my life. By becoming worthy of you I might feel worthy of being myself'.

I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

When an engineer has built a bridge, the fact that a cat can pass over the bridge is no proof that the bridge is good. A train must pass over it to prove its strength.

You would free yourself from so much stress and drama if you just understood and embraced the truth that you are enough.

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

Success is always somebody else's opinion of you; but it doesn't amount to a damn compared to your own opinion of yourself.

If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it.

Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that your efforts have made a difference.

To attain "success" without attaining positive self-esteem is to be condemned to feeling like an imposter anxiously awaiting exposure.

I constantly think I'm a fraud, that this success is not warranted or justified.

I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing.

At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success.

One of the nicest things about living in America is the fact that sooner or later you are practically bound to get an award of some sort or other.

It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?

When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.

I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.

We are all born worthy. Worthy of love, worthy of success.

I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.

I'm even flattered! It's what success is like. I'm happy I seem unreal to them, it means I'm doing a good job.

You know, the bigger you get and the more success you have, the more people you can fill your house with to tell you how great you are. You can do that.