Quotes About Validation

Deep down, I want to be liked, but in the end, I'm willing to argue. Is it because I'm seeking attention? I don't have the answers to that.

There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.

Snoop ain't never cosigned me, but I know everybody is like, 'That's the next Snoop.' Nah, I'm Nipsey, and I got to work to define myself.

At the end of the day, the way I go about it is don't let somebody else's opinion of you define who you are. Don't let other people's thoughts or whatever it is be true.

To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music.

I thought I was good before I had any right to. But I think you got to feel that way. You got to think that. I wasn't delusional. I knew I had talent.

I get friends that ask that all the time, and I remember my mother asking me a couple of times, because there was no action during a game, 'did you play?' It's so weird. Everybody's like, 'Great game, great game.' And because I demand so much of myself, I'm like, 'Well, I didn't do that great, because I didn't have any stats.'

I've always been an attention seeker. I've always demanded attention and I'll do anything to get it.

I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.

I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!

I want people to take me seriously as an actor. I want to be a star; I won't deny that.

Artists will always depend on the brick-and-mortar ecosystem to establish authority and context.

I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know?

I've seen a lot of people in my life base their self-worth on what job they book or don't book, what car they drive, or whether they can afford a house deposit or not.

There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

It's a feeling I can't describe, to see my work in action. The best is when an artist is appreciative.

I knew very early on that I was not pretty. No one ever called me pretty. It was not the go-to adjective people used to describe me.

I think that we need to allow words to be words. If my self-esteem and my self-worth linger on words that are used to describe me, then you have a problem in itself.

The Internet gave me the sense that there were words to describe my feelings and medical terms.

The new Khaled is enjoying life, man. Because you know what, nobody is going to congratulate you on what you really deserve.

If you think you're good enough, then you find it preposterous when somebody doesn't acknowledge that... That's propelled me in many ways - maybe thinking I deserve things that I don't at some time. But I'm always willing to put in the work.

I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.

Only you can give yourself the love you need and deserve.

Every day, I have to work and show the coach I work well and I deserve my place.