Quotes About Validation

Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? ... No other human institution comes close.

There is an established framework in which any scientist can prove another wrong and make sure everyone else knows about it.

I never met a woman that didn't know if she was good-looking or not without being told, and some of them give themselves credit for more than they've got.

La cosa importante non era ciò che la gente pensava di me; era ciò che io pensavo di me stesso. Se permettevo a me stesso di essere fermato dalle opinioni degli altri, sarei diventato ciò che essi desideravano che io diventassi.

Surviving it provided validation of who and what they were, of their ability to confront and defeat the death that was constantly stalking them.

True or False? The delusion that doing well in school will win me love has disfigured my life. Discuss in 5-7 pages.

Laugh all you want. I know my own worth and don't need to prove it to someone who doesn't know theirs.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, You know what you saw. The bird doesn't need to be counted, and neither do you.

my mother fished for compliments this way, saying something negative so that someone would raise her up by contradicting her with just the opposite.

every person who is burning time and energy seeking justification is doing so at the expense of the contribution he or she could be making to the overall results of the company.

We end up gathering with allies—actual, perceived, or potential—as a way of feeling justified in our own accusing views of others.

Am I reduced to the indignity of examples?

To be loved means to be recognized as existing.

To love is to recognize ; to be loved is to be recognized by the other

I was feeling really, really good about myself and then I was papped and this picture went online and I remember seeing a comment saying she needs to lose weight' and I was like are you joking?'

When I was playing good, nobody was saying I was playing good. When I was playing bad, I would be the first one on the front of the journal.

Nothing brings me more joy than when people love what I do.

One of the great joys of my life post-'Friends' has been being approached by Asian women who have told me how much it meant to see an Asian face on their TV screen when they were growing up.

I don't judge myself by what someone says.

Judge me all you want as a player. Some people think I'm a great player, some people don't. That's fine. Numbers don't ever lie.

The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'

I never thought I would find someone who wouldn't leave me and talk back to me and judge me for being crazy.