Quotes About Validation

It takes almost as much imagination to justify what you write as it does to write it.

When God became flesh, every ordinary human life was validated as sacred. The fact that God became human and spent most of His life in obscurity as a carpenter in a small village called Nazareth gives us perspective. Through the incarnation, we learn that every life has dignity and significance; every ordinary life matters.

Four words that describe leadership," he counted them off on his fingers. "Love. Energy. Audacity. Proof.

no matter the flaws you find when you look at yourself in the mirror, somewhere on God's earth, you are really "doing it" for someone - someone out there is attracted to you.

12. A woman who understands that a man validates his manhood by who he is, what he does, and how much he makes, and who knows how to finesse her relationship so that her man feels like he's handling his business is a keeper; a woman who wields her paycheck and influence like a sword and belittles his career and financial contributions is a throwback.

although the reason for the existence of women is obvious enough, nobody has any real idea what point there is in being a man. Men have however, made many attempts to justify their existence.

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.

Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!"

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.

I hope people like me and appreciate me the way I am.

There are four things our ancestors need from us: acknowledgment, validation, understanding, and forgiveness.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.

I prefer people to say to me, 'You're one of my favorite actors,' rather than 'You're one of my favorite character actors.' It sounds like a slam. At least it sounds that way to me.

If you get into the main draw of a Grand Slam, then you've made your mark and proved that's where you belong.

Always I say, 'No. 1 in the world without a Grand Slam, you are not a real No. 1.'

Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It gave our slang a certain elegance.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

I never bothered about critics in the first place. And I'm not out to prove anything to anyone. Honestly, if I took every slight that someone made at me seriously, it just wouldn't work.

I can never tell if anything I do is really good. I'm always just slightly chagrined.

I think, for me, I just keep feeling the need to prove yourself, and thats probably from having a slightly overpowering father.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope.

I never had an issue with my weight or how I looked before 'X-Factor' or social media and then as soon as I got it, I slowly mentally started to believe everything people were saying about me.