Quotes About Validation

Cuántos millones de papanatas habrá en el mundo decididos a demostrarles a sus vecinos que tienen algo más que ellos?

I concluded, that it was not a dream or a delusion or a misplaced memory or a fancy or any other falsity, but a solid, true thing witnessed while in a weakened highly agitated state.

You know, there's something especially lonely about a gold medal hanging all by itself on a bedroom wall, something that says "fluke," or "beginner's luck," or "one in a million," but two gold medals, now that says something completely different. That says, "Oh, yeah, baby, this is the real deal!

A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much.

I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.

Con el tiempo y con los retos de mi vida me di cuenta de que lo que piensa la gente no me interesa, o que al menos puedo fingir que no me interesa y puedo hacer que la gente crea que soy autosuficiente. Lo cierto es que me interesa por demás de la línea de lo normal o esperado.

It's not about what people think. It's about who you are.

While the opinions of others may drag us down, the God who created us has an entirely different opinion of who we are.

I had no more value after I became an author than when I was in my home tending to runny noses, little bumps and bruises. . . Our value can't be wrapped inside what others think or we think, because that is too dependent on this ever-shifting world. The value God places on us makes us more than we think we are, even on our hardest days, weeks, or years.

We all need to be seen, appreciated, encouraged, validated, listened to. And whether or not we've been lucky enough to get that from other people when we needed it, we can be that person for others, which in a way allows us to be that person we needed for ourselves. When we share our time and creativity, our life and story become entwined with the lives and the stories we touch.

Caretaking is never about the other person. It's about wanting to feel needed because you're afraid you're not wanted.

And then Julia's thinking about the internet and blogging; how everyone with a keyboard thinks they can just bang out articles no problem, never mind research or quality control.

The next year, when he'd won first prize for spelling and was given a wooden pencil-case whose sliding top doubled as a ruler, Mrs Wilson had rubbed the top of his head and praised him, as though he was one of her own. 'You're a credit to yourself,' she'd told him. And for a whole day or more, Furlong had gone around feeling a foot taller, believing, in his heart, that he mattered as much as any other child.

But can someone tell you you're in love? Or do you just have to know it at a gut level? And if you can't identify it, does it even really exist?

Mia: I was sixteen when I first realized my mom was more concerned about my appearance than I was… I'll be talking to my mom and realize she hasn't heard a word because she's studying my face to see if the foundation I'm using is a good match for my skin tone.

To get mad at being called a "little boy" is a proof that you indeed are one

The best student portfolios must feature these attributes, among others, if they are to be of most value: The collections of work will cover years, even decades. Only over time can the threads of passions and other themes be drawn. They will be multimedia, using words, photographs, and video clips. They will include external validation, where appropriate. This may include awards, references in local papers, and letters of thanks from recipients.

We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.

We want to choose one but to be chosen by all.

The astronomer's rule of thumb: if you didn't write it down, it didn't happen

Being nominated is more than just an accomplishment. Everyone sees your worth.

People buy things they don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like.

Mothers sound so stupid when they praise their daughters to the skies.

Anna O.'s real name was Bertha Pappenheim. Bertha Pappenheim became one of the first social workers in Europe. Her work was recognized in a commemorative German stamp issued in 1954. She was also an early feminist. Her work involved the establishing of homes for prostitutes and unwed mothers. It is possible that, and psychoanalytic terms, this career was on undoing of her own childhood sexual trauma and of the failure of any person in authority to validate its reality or offer comfort.