Quotes about Validation

Such utterly free and gratuitous love is the only love that validates, transforms, and changes us at the deepest levels of consciousness. It is what we all desire and what we were created for. Once you allow it for yourself, you will almost naturally become a conduit of the same for others.

When you don't know whom you're trying to please, you cave in to three things: criticism (because you are concerned about what others will think of you), competition (because you worry about whether somebody else is getting ahead of you), and conflict (because you're threatened when anyone disagrees with you).

People don't believe what you tell them.They rarely believe what you show them.They often believe what their friends tell them.They always believe what they tell themselves.

All writers would like to be overrated in their own lifetimes.

Of course I've had a problem with people taking me seriously because of my age. People are always going do that because you're less experienced; you haven't lived as much.

most people don't want truth. They want confirmation.

We live in a world that's always making us work for love. It's cause and effect. That's the story of my childhood. If I can be good enough, maybe my mother will love me.

Listening says, "I value your opinion, I care about our relationship, and you matter to me." The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.

Thinking about My Purpose POINT TO PONDER: Happiness is my choice. I don't need anyone's approval to be happy. VERSE TO REMEMBER: "Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close." PSALM 27:10 (NLT) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: Whose opinion matters most to me? Whose approval am I living for?

Paul said, "You may brag about yourself, but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval.

If you live for the approval of others, you will die by their rejection.

Christianity is a very historical religion - it makes specific claims that are open to testing.