Quotes About Validation

It is pleasing to be pointed at with the finger and to have it said, "There goes the man." [Lat., At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier his est.]

A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.

I'm so good and so loving that men don't believe it.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property of man.

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.

A few yes men may be born, but mostly they are made. Fear is a great breeder of them.

For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.

We have to recognise that the validation of identity comes through relationships we have and what we produce.

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

God's approval is a whole lot easier to get than man's.

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.

Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt.

A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

If the imitation is always trying to be something, and cares desperately for its status, the original is really something, but does not care.

Traditional socialization teaches young boys to filter their sense of self-worth through performance.

The paradox for boys is that in order to be worthy of connection they must prove themselves invulnerable, button down warriors in the world's emotional market place.

I always wanted everyone to like me. I wanted the city of Pittsburgh to be proud of me. But my first few seasons, I could to count the number of people on my bandwagon on one finger.

I don't care if he never becomes my boyfriend or my husband, i just want him to be legitimate.

Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish.

Binding your self-worth to other people is a recipe for disaster.

One eye-witness is better than ten ear-witnesses.