Quotes About Validation

There are some people who do not need fifteen seconds on the Evening News to validate their existence.

What is most startling in reading a detailed explanation of what goes on beneath the surface at the age of fifteen is that the same dynamics continue into the twenties, thirties, fifties, seventies, and nineties. We remain trapped in living a pretend life out of an unhealthy concern for what other people think.

True freedom comes when we no longer need to be somebody special in other people's eyes because we know we are loveable and good enough.

The problem was that I wasn't truly free. Freedom comes when we no longer need to be somebody special in other people's eyes. We are to be content to be popular with him alone.

Some of us are addicted to what others think.

Our self-image soars with a compliment and is devastated by a criticism.

It never seems like enough. We consistently feel inferior. Many of us know the experience of being approved for what we do. Few of us know the experience of being loved for being just who we are.

Few of us know the experience of being loved for being just who we are.

Finding Nemo would, of course, become another huge Pixar hit, validating Ed Catmull's belief that it's better to fix problems than prevent errors.

illusion of rationality." We are all vulnerable to this illusion. It happens when ideas or assumptions seem logical in a plan, spreadsheet model, PowerPoint, or memo, yet they haven't been validated on the ground or in the real world.

Fixed mind-sets cause people to be overconcerned with seeking validation, such as grades, titles, or social recognition. Conversely, those favoring a growth mind-set believe that intelligence and abilities can be grown through effort, and tend to view failures or setbacks as opportunities for growth. They have a desire to constantly challenge and stretch themselves.

Mire, aquí en Grecia tenemos la costumbre de llamar importante a cualquier mediocridad, y obra maestra a cualquier librucho vulgar: así pretendemos convencernos de que valemos algo

People are looking for someone to tell them what to do and whether what they're doing is good or bad.

Physicians and the institutions they controlled didn't want to let go of the idea that their judgment alone revealed the truth, so they kept doing what they did because they had always done it that way—and they were backed up by respected authority. They didn't need scientific validation. They just knew. Cochrane despised this attitude. He called it "the God complex.

If anything, things are even more difficult for Christian artists. Some churches do not consider art a serious way to serve God. Others deny that Christians in the arts have a legitimate calling. As a result, Christian artists often feel like they have to justify their existence. Rather than providing a community of support, some churches surround them with a climate of suspicion.

And isn't that what all boys want and all men, too? Just to be taken seriously?

two hundred studies—has shown that in most cases statistical algorithms beat subjective judgment, and in the handful of studies where they don't, they usually tie. Given that algorithms are quick and cheap, unlike subjective judgment, a tie supports using the algorithm. The point is now indisputable: when you have a well-validated statistical algorithm, use it

The point is now indisputable: when you have a well-validated statistical algorithm, use it.

Today, I'd like to slap this seventeen-years old kid, not because of the grades but because of his incessant need to please those who would judge him

At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you're living your life doesn't matter. What matters is whether you're comfortable with it.

At the end of the day, whether or not those people are comfortable with how you're living your life doesn't matter. What matters is whether you're comfortable with it.

You have to name it to claim it

One of the main reasons I've been able to stay this strange course is its ability to prove itself to me. When I reach out, there's something to grab hold of—to see, to touch, to feel. There's a reply to my questions.

My dad, for the first 15 years of my career, on every visit he made to a play or a film set, would find the oldest person on set and say, 'Do you think my son has a future?'