Quotes About Validation

Is dat niet uiteindelijk de enige opdracht van de mens? Je moet worden wat de anderen in je wensen te zien.

Enough research will tend to support your conclusions.

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

Even after choreographing some big numbers, I didn't qualify as the top choreographer. You need to have godfathers and big people to support you for others to take you seriously.

People say, 'You look so great for your age,' and I say, 'OK, you can leave off the 'for your age' part. Can we all stop qualifying it?'

I want to prove to other people that I have something in my mind and intellectual qualities, not just the ability to play football.

I know my qualities, I've got nothing to prove here in England, they know me here.

What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity.

I truly felt like I was a Division I quarterback, and I'd felt that way for a long time. I just wanted other people to see it.

Every quarterback feels like he has something to prove.

I am no longer a complete pariah in some academic quarters.

My queer black women peers are the ones who make me not feel crazy. The way we act is so instinctive.

For me the question was, do I want my paycheck to be dependent on how other people think I look?

Getting that audience approval is always a question mark, and it's always that flag that flutters in front of you.

You know yourself if you are doing well, and I think my form shouldn't be getting questioned.

I'm just so tired of people questioning me and really tired of people not calling me Foodgod. It's my name. Jonathan is not my name.

It hurts me to consider anybody questioning my performances.

With Froch everyone was questioning me and I was trying to prove a point.

I don't call myself any kind of singer. I leave that to other people because there are plenty out there who're quick to do that.

A quiet, non-attention grabbing, 'Hey, just wanted to say that I enjoy your work' is perfect.

Walk away from medical professionals who dismiss your concerns, and don't quit searching until you find someone who will truly partner with you to find the answers you deserve.

It comes to a point where a lot of people don't know if I'm a man or a woman. I find it quite a compliment.

I assumed no one would ever listen to my music, and for quite a lot of years, I was right.

I have always been known as Mahesh Bhatt's wife, and I would tell people, 'Hello! I'm here!' This has always been a struggle. I would like to be known for who I am. I'm very happy to be known as his wife or Alia's mother. But I am also a person who, in her own right, has gone through quite a lot of odds.