Quotes About Validation

No one really wants to be laughed at.

I keep feeling like everyone wants me to apologize for something.

I've learned over the years, when someone is complaining or wants to vent and has something they want to tell you, they don't necessarily want you to fix it.

I'm an A student. I'm addicted to feedback, and I want to please people. That's sort of how I've gotten to where I am.

I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.

You know, I try to avoid Googling myself, but sometimes I slip up. Sometimes I just want to see how the world is viewing me on a particular day.

All that some actresses want is for people to take them seriously instead of caring about how they look.

Today, writers want to impress other writers.

Sometimes I take a temperature of things just because everyone else does. Especially when I'm doing a play. I want to know what people are thinking, positive or negative.

Everybody matters. Everyone just wants to be heard.

People lose their lives in the drug wars and you don't have to prove it to yourself because others have proved it for you.

Walking abroad, one is the admiration of all little boys, and meets an approving glance from every eye of elderly.

Ancora una volta, non si era rivelata all'altezza. Non era risultata abbastanza sveglia, abbastanza carina o abbastanza speciale perchè un uomo potesse amarla

You are one gorgeous creature," he said. "Did any of those loser boyfriends ever tell you that?" Not in so many words. Not in any words, really. And it was nice to hear, even if it came from Theo.

Tú me dices que te gusta mi cuerpo, ¿y qué hago yo? Te doy las gracias. Luego te digo que me gusta el tuyo, ¿y qué escucho? Una larga lista de quejas.

Enmeshment creates almost total dependence on approval and validation from outside yourself. Lovers, bosses, friends, even strangers become the stand-in for parents. Adults like Kim who were raised in families where there was no permission to be an individual frequently become approval junkies, constantly seeking their next fix.

She wanted to wake up in the arms of the angels and have them tell her she was worthy of love -- to give it and to have it given to her.

People treat you differently when they think you are too young to know what you want.

While very small, unless our childhood was damaged, those around us did their best to keep us absolutely safe, warm, cared for, loved. We leave that behind as we grow to adulthood, but we'll always be looking for it again, always be wanting to recreate the security and the validation that was ours in the early years. 'In love' holds out the promise that our beloved will make us the centre of their world, and for ever. No wonder it's an obsessive compulsion. We

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If you're drowning for real, and nobody believes you, then you sure as hell better figure out how to swim.

Everyone there seemed to need an audience to be a version of themselves they were happy with,

Children who feel that they are unloved can believe that there must be something very wrong about them which makes them unacceptable. The stinging sense of being not right causes them confusion and hurt, but they do not give up the desire for love and acceptance. They despair of it, certainly. They pine for it and perhaps fear it. But their pursuit of love and acceptance will dovetail with an attempt to change themselves into someone the child himself can accept.

Remember, heads high. Smiles. They're going to love you!