Validation Quotes

“Being seen burdens you with an image you have to maintain.”
― Taylor Adams, The Last Word

“To get out of that quicksand, she needed validation, and she sought it the most in the world than anything else. Every time someone she knew passed by and looked at her, she would say everything that led her to get stuck in that quicksand. And every time someone blamed her for getting stuck or would just pass away without acknowledging her story, the quicksand consumed her a bit more.”
― Akshay Vasu, Reflections in a Shattered Mirror

“Staying Strong
When you acknowledge pain, you validate its impact on your life.
There will be those who will try to disregard your hurt or downplay its intensity.
Try as you may, you will never be able to make them understand how it affected you.
How it severed your confidence.
How it reshaped your thinking.
How you spiraled downward into someone you couldn't recognize anymore.
They will not understand how those hands held and hurt you until you were immobile and helpless to reach out.
They wrongly believe that anxiety and depression are self-inflicted.”
― Alfa Holden, She Wears Pain Like Diamonds: Poems

“Pursue validation, they'll keep rejecting. Pursue excellence, validation comes chasing.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“Brahma Yoga prepares me to know that I do not need the validation of others to be complete”
― Leo Lourdes, A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being

“You can't invalidate all and expect to be validated.”
― Krishna Sagar Rao

“Labels shouldn't matter. Deep down, I know this. But sometimes a label feels like validation. Validation of one's feelings. Validation of one's intentions.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Before Us

“Tell them how important they are to you. Tell them often.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“The moment we start proving ourselves is the moment we relinquish the power of authenticity; for our true worth shines brightest when it doesn't seek validation.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“Representation isn’t just checking off boxes, it’s validating experience.”
― Tiffany Haddish, I Curse You With Joy

“Every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire. They want to know: 'Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say mean anything to you?”
― Oprah Winfrey

“The day an artist realizes their work surpasses validation and comparison, is the day they attain true creative fulfillment.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“Warhol will plant a journalism seed in me. He will also defend me in his diary, which will be published posthumously a few years from now and point out a thing no one currently acknowledges but that I will feel acutely--Warhol will describe his experience of my father and privately criticize Frank for viewing me as something he alone invented, a tool at my dad's disposal. When this icon's journal entries are made public, they wll become concrete validation and confirmation of my own unarticulated experience, a tiny light in the dark that lets me start to see my way out.”
― Moon Unit Zappa, Earth to Moon: A Memoir

“Our feelings need validation. When we dare to share our true feelings, what we seek is validation and support. Not criticism. Not correction. Not solutions. What we need is to be heard, understood, and validated. Remember this when someone speaks openly with you. Validation is a profound form of love.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year

“Dear Heavenly Father, we all have people in our lives, but there’s times their comments, and actions are self-serving. They must speak loud enough so the room can hear. They seek validation and a way to minimize the person their speaking to. Forgive them Dear Father, for they don’t understand the clarity for which you’ve blessed, and the shield you hold for those who serve you. In Jesus name. Amen.”
― Ron Baratono

“There are days we have anger swilling in our minds towards a person. The fact is, you haven’t arrive at the situation yet, or even talked to them. Back up, and think how much easier it would be to handle this possible situation with kindness. No matter how much they could anger you, you take the higher road. Any validation they seek or issue they have will turn hollow, if you keep calm.”
― Ron Baratono

“Never seek approval or validation from man, over what God told you.”
― Daniel ANIKOR, Wells of inspiration: Sage's Secret

“The perfect relationship is defined by you. It’s not defined by what you read or the unrealistic expectations people give to validate themselves.”
― Dominic Riccitello

“Developing your intuition is incredibly empowering. The reason why is because it connects you with your truth and your spiritual essence, which is unique to you. As you learn to validate and trust your authentic hunches, you build confidence, clarity, and self-reliance.”
― Dana Arcuri, Intuitive Guide: How to Trust Your Gut, Embrace Divine Signs, & Connect with Heavenly Messengers

“Make your praise specific, not "You're a great poet," but, "I love that line about green hair the color of Sprite cans." Sweeping compliments are often dismissed by teenagers and can make them feel the pressure of unrealistic expectations. When you respond specifically to something concrete they have already done, they can really take it in.”
― Susan Noyes Anderson, At the End of Your Rope, There's Hope : Parenting Teens in Crisis

“Y'know you act like you're owning up to being a lameass. But you're socially awkward and you're a pain to deal with. You've got a big attitude. We can all see that from just lookin' at ya. But, even so, who even gives a crap about that? How can any of us feel disappointed when we see how something that hurts us hurts you, too, and how stupidly serious you can be, worrying about it? Why do you have to apologize when you just did what's natural and we've done the same to you? Did you really think that'd be enough to piss us off? Get real, dude! No one like that exists here in Furin! It doesn't matter how socially awkward you are, or what a pain you can be! You still charge straight into trouble just to protect your friends! You're really cool for it, too! I... no, we... really, seriously like you for you who are!”
― Satoru Nii, Wind Breaker 8

“So much of being adult is reconciling ourselves with the awkwardness and strangeness of our own feelings. Youth is the time of life lived for some imaginary audience.”
― Douglas Coupland, Girlfriend in a Coma

“I am blessed because I say I am. I am lucky because I say I am. I am favored because I say I am. That is all that is needed.”
― Robin S. Baker

“Flowers bloom in secret. Animals build in silence. Humans crave attention.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Pour Like Rain

“Lower your expectations from others, and raise your self reliance.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Pour Like Rain

“God’s word is a safe space for communication, correction, revitalization, restoration, preservation and validation. It establishes a fundamental basis for understanding the divine revelation.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes

“You've willingly placed yourself under restrictions to achieve this or that, unconsciously following a set of rules that limit who you truly are. Is the constant, never-ending chase for validation worth the bargain? How many years of your life will you trade before realising that none of it was ever truly worth living for?”
― Blade Seventh

“I think all of us need to do a better job of seeing the humanity of people on the other side of the aisle. Because I think what happens in this country right now is: The left says to the right, “What do you know about pain, white straight man? My pain is real, as an L.G.B.T.Q. person.” And the right says to the left, “What do you know about pain, college-educated, cosmopolitan élite? My pain is real, in a post-industrial community ravaged by the opioid crisis.” And I know that, when I am upset, the worst thing that someone can say to me, even if it is said with the best of intentions, is “It’s not as bad as you think.” Any therapist will tell you that the first step to healing is to have your pain seen and validated. And I think all of us have to do a better job of recognizing that people don’t have to be right in our mind for what they’re facing to be wrong. And people don’t have to be right in our minds for us to try to right that wrong. That comes down to sort of a core recognition that every single person is more than just one thing about them. And every single person is more than even beliefs that might personally hurt many other people.”
― Sarah McBride

“That's the point about representation. It isn't always about us putting up billboards that say, 'We need people of color represented because we want people of color represented.' It's often about how those marks of validation sit in our subconscious, or how we avoid talking ourselves out of the gifts that people would seek to weaponize against us.”
― William Evans, Black Nerd Problems

“Con lo fácil que sería tener los dos ojos morados o una enfermedad que pudiera definirse fácilmente, una herida, un hueso roto... cualquier cosa que pudiera ser vista y comprendida.”
― Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch