Quotes About Validation

Ratings are no sign of worth. Never judge yourself on them. To be liked by everyone you would have to be the blandest person ever. William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest writer of all time. He has a mediocre 3.7 average on Goodreads.

Answer emails while I should be listening to my mum talk about her trip to see a doctor. Feel the empty joy of likes and favorites.

Never let a stranger's negative opinion of you become your own negative opinion of you.

Likes, favorites, retweets. Ignore it. Ratings are no sign of worth. Never judge yourself on them. To be liked by everyone you would have to be the blandest person ever. William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest writer of all time. He has a mediocre 3.7 average on Goodreads.

I like seeing what my friends are up to. Interacting. But spend more than a few minutes . . . And I start to feel, increasingly, like an inadequate nobody.

self-worth is not found inside the minds of other people.

You might need to stop worrying about other people's approval

Remember Feeling you have no time doesn't mean you have no time. Feeling you are ugly doesn't mean you are ugly. Feeling anxious doesn't mean you need to be anxious. Feeling you haven't achieved enough doesn't mean you haven't achieved enough. Feeling you lack things doesn't make you less complete.

Your self-worth is not found inside the minds of other people.

Somehow, when a person you like reads your poem and says they like it, the poem seems all fresh and new afterwards. I wonder why?

La plupart considèrent que l'une des raisons principales de cet égocentrisme vient de l'usage des réseaux sociaux comme Myspace, Facebook et Twitter650, qui sont en grande partie consacrés à la promotion de soi.

how it does rankle to be the 'old,' to be the one who is no longer courted. To be the one that no one tries any longer to please. [Édouard Manet]

Women have to learn where their true source of validation is.

Does the stag in his hour of victory need a diploma from the hind?

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

The fortunate man is seldom satisfied with the fact of being fortunate, beyond this he needs to know that he has a right to his good fortune. He wants to be convinced he deserves it and above all that he deserves it in comparison with others. Good fortune, thus wants to be legitimate fortune.

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

People in fact talk most often for their own sake, and with a need to hear the echo of their words.

I caught myself feeling that vile need for others to be grateful to us, to show themselves as small and dependent, because that is what creates our favor, nurtures it, and heightens the importance of our deeds and kindness.

Each time someone told her, "You have such a pretty face," she felt as though they wanted to sever her head from her body, to discard the meat of her and leave the small round disk of her face as her one saving quality. She was supposed to be grateful for his attention

What does a woman have to do to be seen as a serious person?" "Be a man, I guess," Ethan said...

In life, no one gives you credit for effort.

What was it about needy girls? Jules wondered. They felt like they had the right to be needy, because they knew that other people would be interested in—although annoyed at—their needs. … They got all the attention. Boys turned their focus toward them, and messy situations results.