Quotes About Validation

Who we are right now is okay.

Some terrible people could be redeemed if they weren't too far gone. Some kind people could turn hate-filled and cruel. Some liars became the most honest, loyal friends possible. Or not. It really was up to them. Some saw the benefits of empathy and helpfulness, and gained the ecstasy of validation by love. Others, not so much, and just a few more weaponized their pasts. Whatever their origin story, an asshole was an asshole.

I wanted to work hard. I wanted to prove myself somehow worthy of the good things I had known.

In patriarchal culture males are not allowed simply to be who they are and to glory in their unique identity. Their value is always determined by what they do. In an antipatriarchal culture males do not have to prove their value and worth. They know from birth that simply being gives them value, the right to be cherished and loved.

As long as we feel shame, we can never believe ourselves worthy of love.

Finding themselves in competition with younger women (many of whom are not and will never be feminist) for male attention they often emulate sexist representations of female beauty.

Inherited wealth and/or substantial material resources are rarely talked about in the mass media because those who receive it do not wish to validate the idea that money received that is not a reward for hard work is beneficial.

It is silly, isn't it, that I would dream of someone else offering to me the acceptance and affirmation I was withholding from myself.

If we can just tone down the rhetoric and discuss things like rational human beings, applying justice equally and not based on some political philosophy, we will validate that phrase at the end of our Pledge of Allegiance, which advocates "justice for all.

You are neither right nor wrong because people agree with you.

One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

Be very wary of opinions that flatter your self-esteem.

Were you real if nobody noticed you?

We long to find someone who has been where we've been, who shares our fragile places, who sees our sunsets with the same shades of blue. Soul mates. They somehow validate the depth of our experiences.

If my children think I'm genuine, no one else's opinion matters to me.

Let them present their witnesses to vindicate themselves, so that people may hear and say, "It is true." Isaiah 43:9

Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.

After a while, when the writer is mature, it doesn't really matter - not because of finances but because of reputation. It doesn't really matter how many awards you get.

This is something that everyone has to understand: you don't win anything on your reputation.

In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.

I'm very proud of my career. A lot of people get their career from the judges of 'Drag Race' saying they're great. I had to go and build that reputation from the ground up.

People are dying to get a National Award... it's a national reputation.

I was never desperate to make a comeback. But winning 'Bigg Boss' assured faith in me that I have a good reputation in the market.