Quotes About Validation

these were people who'd gotten what they wanted, only to find out that it was the last thing on earth they actually needed (adulation, creative lift-off) to maintain their own mental equilibrium. This meant something.

There is one thing Margaret Thatcher said that I agree with: if you have to tell people you're important, you're not.

In tijden van volledige vrijheid neemt onverschilligheid voor de waarheid zo'n hoge vlucht, dat niemand de moeite neemt om een waarheid te bevestigen of weerleggen.

He [Molière] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.

He (Molire) pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.

Men whose only concern is other people's opinion of them are like actors who put on a poor performance to win the applause of people of poor taste; some of them would be capable of good acting in front of a good audience. A decent man plays his part to the best of his ability, regardless of the taste of the gallery.

What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching?

When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.

I know who I am. That's what's important—not proving something to some strangers I don't even care about

Your parent is not open to your thoughts, feelings, and ideas; does not relate to or care about your feelings; does not feel a need to change anything about himself; and can become enraged that you think that he is less than perfect. You cannot win, or even make any inroads into your parent's self-absorption.

The moment someone tells you you're not good enough, is the moment you know you're better than them.

Whether you believe you're suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome or that 9/11 was an inside job, the World Wide Web exists to tell you you're right. You are always right.

Who are you trying to protect, punish or please by not succeeding?

For Du Bois, there was no such thing as an a priori wrong conclusion; there was only a conclusion proven wrong.

Kendimle konu?urken bile onun ho?una gitmeye çal???yordum.

I'm Valerie Rye,' she said, savoring the words. 'It's all right for you to talk to me.

You're healthy," it said. "Your development is exactly right. I can't find any flaw in you." And

And Dad beams when people tell him how smart and industrious I am. I love him. He's the best person I know, and I care what he thinks. I wish I didn't, but I do.

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.

Annushka also needs to feel someone's gaze on her, to feel that her crying is witnessed by someone, to feel it isn't just addressing a void.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.

For it is only in other people's gaze that we see ourselves, isn't it?

it is not always that we want friends to be so reasonable and rational about things. Sometimes we want people we like to agree with us, to say yes, you have been hard done by, regardless.

No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.