Quotes About Validation

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

We all of us go about, she meant to tell him but was too occupied, wanting to be wanted but unsure why anybody should bother.

The older I get, the more I realize that what other people think about me has little to do with who I am. … We can't change other people, and we can't force them to see us the way we would like to be seen.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

You can require respect, ask for tolerance but you cannot demand validation

Beauty remains virtue if the others see and admire it and this is enough for you.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Just because someone doesn't like what you do doesn't mean no one else will. A person's opinion is not The Truth, it's their truth.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it.

You'll only beat your fears once you get to the point where you care more about your purpose than what people think of you.

The greatest prison where most people live is the fear of what other people think and say

Criticism of one's appearance hurts, no matter what.

Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

If compliments were food, I'd have starved to death 28 years ago.

To be unafraid of the judgement of others is the greatest freedom you can have.

Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.

We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.

The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.