#Validation Quotes

“Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.”

“Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions andapproval.”

“Self worth cannot be verfied by others”

“The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.”

“People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.”

“Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.”

“True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot. That is the practical difference it makes to us to have true ideas; that therefore is the meaning of truth, for it is all that truth is known as.”

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

“In all your life, you will never find a method more effective in getting through to another person than to make that person feel important.”

“The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it--so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.”

“Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.”

“I'm not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I'm seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.”

“I love when things that I'm involved in really matter and when people like me back and don't just think I'm corny.”

“Singing was more of a hobby, and I was terrified of anyone's opinions. The only reason I kept doing it was because people responded positively, and if they hadn't I don't really know if I'd feel the same. I'm not into fighting for people's affections.”

“Your own tactic is to train yourself in the art of becoming enigmatic to everybody. My young friend, suppose there was no one who troubld himself to guess your riddle--what joy, then, would you have in it?”

“You train yourself in the art of being mysterious to everyone. My dear friend! What if there were no one, who cared about guessing your riddle, what pleasure would you then take in it?”

“The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability.”

“Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'”

“We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention.”

“Everybody matters. Everyone just wants to be heard.”

“People just want to know that they matter.”

“I've talked to nearly 30,000, people on this show, and all 30,000, had one thing in common: They all wanted validation...I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire.”

“You were seen, you were heard and you matter.”

“Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?”

“An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency.”

“When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.”

“Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.”

“Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.”

“It is wonderful to have someone praise you, to be desired.”

“I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise —”

“We all need to be recognized for what we're doing, for our work. Every once in a while we need someone to come up to us and say, 'You're beautiful. That was well done. That's nice.'”

“I believe that a lot of people in our society today, people who have been hurt and even people who haven't been hurt, get their worth and value from what they do, what they look like, what they own, what kind of job they have, what kind of house they live in, how much money they have, what social circles they're in, what level of education they have, especially even how other people respond to them. They feel better about themselves if everybody is giving a smiling nod to the way they look and all their choices.”

“I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.”

“To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.”

“The only reason I went for that goal is that I wanted to say: 'Now, mummy-daddy, will you love me?'”

“I believe that the major operating ethic in American society right now, the most universal want and need is to be on TV. I've been on TV. I could be on TV all the time if I wanted to. But most people will never get on TV. It has to be a real breakthrough for them. And trouble is, people will do almost anything to get on it. You know, confess to crimes they haven't committed. You don't exist unless you're on TV. Yeah, it's a validation process.”

“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.”

“What good is any feeling we may have about ourselves, if it only lasts as long as others agree to it?”

“It's cool to be recognised by your peers.”

“It feels good to have your work respected again.”

“I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.”

“We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.”

“Death means nothing to men like me. It's the event that proves them right.”