Quotes About Validation

It's always the people who strive to find, and tell you about one of your imperfections, that want to feel one step above you. The truth is their ten steps below you with nothing better to say.

The driving desires of human hearts are to be loved and appreciated.

You are the proof of everything

Everybody's got their opinion on who they think you are or how strong or how weak you are, but at the end of the day all that matters is who you know you are, don't ever forget that.

If anyone doesn't agree with you, the truth is on your side.

Men seek a great deal, but fatally close, albeit very different, is one's pride in proving oneself right with one's zeal for finding the truth.

If someone tells you that they're called "blueberries" because they're berries and they're blue—believe them.

Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.

I've Learned To Accept that one is never as great or terrible as they are made to feel, and the truth lies somewhere in between.

When a falsehood is coveted long enough, it becomes the truth that sustains its own existence.

My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too.

Sadness, discomfort, frustration -- they are all valid human emotions. Why would we want to suppress them?

What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.

I'm constantly trying to make myself better, to learn more. I didn't finish college, so I feel like I'm always having to prove myself. I don't want to feel like the smallest person in the room.

I can take critism, but if it's like 'I don't like you' then I want to know why people don't like me. Why do you hate me? What have I done?

I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.

I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.

The Internet gave a place like, 'Oh, I'll do whatever I want now. Nobody's going to see it anyways.' Oddly enough, people started watching and I got more confident, comfortable with it.

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.

Like LeBron James, we already know how good the man is. We know he can play. He's rich. But he still want a ring. N!ggas know my music hot. That's proven. Now its time to get the ring.

You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent.

When you train six to seven hours a day to be the best in your sport, you don't want that to be overlooked. I don't train for my looks.

When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. It makes you more inward and needy. Gross.