Quotes about Validation

God's approval is a whole lot easier to get than man's.

A man who does not love praise is not a full man.

They'll not blame me. They'll not object to me. They'll not mind what I do, if it's wrong. I'm only Mr. Dick.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Most of our addictions [shopping, food, bad relationships] as women flare up when we feel that we are not loved or sought after.

The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men! A weird life it is, indeed, to be living always in somebody else's imagination, as if that were the only place in which one could at last become real!

There are millions of people around the world that want to be artists and want to make stuff to entertain people, but nobody cares.

You were seen, you were heard and you matter.

So long as you're still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.

We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their self-esteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.

Make the other person feel important — and do it sincerely.

Lincoln once began a letter saying: "Everybody likes a compliment." William James said: "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.