Quotes About Validation

Sometimes I wonder how much of our suffering we allow or impose on ourselves simply in search of our worthiness to accept our own respect and appreciation.

The problem with this generation is they are so quick to define who they are in the process of searching. It is their need for immediate acceptance that keeps them from exploring further.

Thou shalt not think that thou be a leader, merely because thee be having more than 0 followers.

I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

I'm sorry Dolph, but around here, you gotta earn respect.

An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.

I don't get no respect

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.

Once we give up searching for approval we often find it easier to earn respect.

Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing.

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

With all due respect, I have nothing to prove about my worth to anyone.

It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.

When you get respect from the people who are buying your music and coming to your shows, there's an expectation that you have to live up to your own standards.

When you sit down and play your music for someone you respect, you get that feeling in your stomach of like: 'Oh my God...' You know if it's not great because you start to feel sick.

If you lose yourself, then no one's going to respect or pay attention to anything you have.

Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like.

My philosophy in life... is to prove myself to myself and not to others. I tried to teach my children that, that I have to respect myself, to prove to myself that I can do the best I can.

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.

I have a lot of confidence, but little Self-Esteem. This has given me a tremendous creative spark because it forced me to keep proving myself.

Whenever you are too worried about someone else's approval, that person loses respect for you.

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack