Quotes About Validation

It was more than enough, but I'm completely satisfied that 'Virtual Self' got nominated for the Grammy. That is a complete victory for the project in my mind and anything else is just bonus.

There's no hierarchy of pain. Suffering shouldn't be ranked, because pain is not a contest. Spouses often forget this, upping the ante on their suffering—I had the kids all day. My job is more demanding than yours. I'm lonelier than you are. Whose pain wins—or loses? But

Before diagnosing people with depression, make sure they're not surrounded by assholes"), his

Your feelings don't have to mesh with what you think they should be," he explained.

regularly made an effort to remember one of the most important lessons from my training: There's no hierarchy of pain. Suffering shouldn't be ranked, because pain is not a contest. Spouses often forget this, upping the ante on their suffering—I had the kids all day. My job is more demanding than yours. I'm lonelier than you are. Whose pain wins—or loses? But pain is pain.

Sometimes people can't identify their feelings because they were talked out of them as children.

Is there anything that makes us feel more vulnerable than asking someone, Do you like me?

I know you don't think he's good enough for me, but then you don't think any man is good enough for me.

A book is a success when people who haven't read it pretend they have.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

If we live for people's approval, we will die by their rejection

Las redes sociales pueden ser algo bueno cuando se usan bien. Pero si las usamos para medir cuánto valemos, estamos perdidos. Si vivimos para conseguir la aprobación de la gente, moriremos a causa de su rechazo.

If social media is used as a way for people to celebrate others and share life together around the world and talk about Jesus and the gospel, then social media is great. But if social media is where you are getting your approval and if it's your drug, then social media is going to kill you. Tweet that.

The crowd has a way of being right.

Women only nag when they feel unappreciated.

My self-esteem was affected by my anxiety over what others thought of me. That weakened my natural confidence. And made me angry. Positive self-esteem must be preceded by self-respect. To get self-respect you have to do something good. Causing mischief wasn't good.

Hurrah! My story was accepted; and Lowell asked if it was not a translation from the German, it was so unlike most tales. I felt much set up, and my fifty dollars will be very happy money.

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.

Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.

It's what we all wanted when we were children- to be loved and accepted exactly as we were then, not when we got taller or thinner or prettier...and we still want it... but we aren't going to get it from other people until we can get it from ourselves.

ULCERS are no more than fear — tremendous fear of "not being good enough." We fear not being good enough for a parent, we fear not being good enough for a boss. We can't stomach who we are. We rip our guts apart trying to please others. No matter how important our job is, our inner self-esteem is very low. We are afraid they will find out about us.

I have started the process of releasing the feeling of "being wrong" because they are not fitting someone else's standards.

It was no use telling her he understood. Or that it was all right. She'd earned the right to no easy answer.

She threw great logs of 'I'm right, you're an unfeeling bastard' on to the fire and felt secure and comforted.