Quotes About Validation

Feelings are never right or wrong," she said after a moment. "They just are.

you have to trust a TRUE compliment as muc as a critique.

He had ambitions on my behalf and more or less at my expense. This is the custom among men who have failed to be heroes; their sons must prove that the seed was not impoverished.

This is the custom among men who have failed to be heroes; their sons must prove that the seed was not impoverished

When we went against the rules we were punished; when we went along with the rules we got a reward. We were punished many times a day, and we were also rewarded many times a day. Soon we became afraid of being punished and also afraid of not receiving the reward. The reward is the attention that we got from our parents or form other people like siblings, teachers, and friends. We soon develop a need to hook other people's attention in order to get the reward.

How many times have you hooked other people's attention, and spread poison about your loved one in order to make your opinion right? Your opinion is nothing but your point of view. It is not necessarily true.

The quest to be right is about sekf-importance: we need to be right in order to accept ourselves; this is a condition we place on our sekf-acceotance and our acceptance of others. The quest for truth, on the other hand, is the desire to discover--regardless of whether our beliefs are supported in the process.

Online, we still can't reliably establish one another's identities or trust one another to transact and exchange money without validation from a third party like a bank or a government. These same intermediaries collect our data and invade our privacy for commercial gain and national security. Even with

Online, we still can't reliably establish one another's identities or trust one another to transact and exchange money without validation from a third party like a bank or a government.

An algorithm must be seen to be believed.

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.

Oprah Winfrey, an undeniably successful guide to millions, once explained the three things every human being wants most are to be seen, heard, and understood. This is the essence of empathy.

those of us who are never satisfied with our accomplishments secretly believe nobody will love us unless we're perfect.

I didn't want to need his affirmation. But part of our selves is spirit, and our spirits are thirsty, and my father's words went into my spirit like water.

When I say I love you and you don't believe me, you're being a jerk. Basically what you're saying is I only love conditionally. You think you're being self-deprecating and funny, but you're really saying I'm not a good enough person to love you if you have a few flaws. It gets old.

But in so many ways I'm still that kid, not sure exactly how to be emotionally intimate with a girl without feeling weak, not sure my work is good enough, not sure if the people who are clapping would really like me if they got to know me (page 2)

I think that's why so many couples fight, because they want their partners to validate them and affirm them, and if they don't get that, they feel as though they're going to die. And so they lash out. But it's a terrible thing to wake up and realize the person you just finished crucifying wasn't Jesus.

We learn that we are lovable or unlovable from other people... That is why God tells us so many times to love each other.

Great testimonials give future customers the gift of going second.

It's not that bad, Don. Don't worry. It's just that for some reason, you are letting this girl name you." "What do you mean, name me?" "Well, you are letting her decide your value, you know. Your value has to come from God. And God wants you to receive His love and to love yourself too.

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If you've not won awards, don't worry. All you need to do is quickly express empathy and quickly demonstrate authority and then move on.