Quotes about Validation

Stop determining your worth and value by what other people say. Be determined by what the Word of God (scriptures)says.

Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.

When you're young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that's the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you're a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win.

Many Christians would prefer to hear "What a great guy" from the crowd rather than "Well done, good and faithful servant" from the Master [Matthew 25:23].

The Word does not change. The Dead Sea scrolls, archeology, modern science—they do not change the Bible; they confirm it.

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

I played at my church every once in a while, but that's not a good gauge, because everybody loves you at your church.

Our clinging to the opinions of others reveals how superficial we are. We have little to stand on. We have to be kept alive by adulation and praise. Those who are deeply rooted in the love of God can enjoy human praise without being attached to it.

How much of our energy goes into defining ourselves by deciding "I am what I do," "I am what others say about me," or "I am what I have"? When that's the case, life often follows a repetitive up-and-down motion.

Even people who are immensely praised and have made an enormous amount of money, who have awards, success, and applause, can be deeply depressed. If you get closer and you prick the balloon, you realize they are just as insecure as everyone else. Underneath all that wealth, all that success, and all that praise, they are still a little person who asks, "Do you love me?" Nouwen, Henri J. M.. Following Jesus (p. 53). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

A trait no other nation seems to possess in quite the same degree that we do -- namely, a feeling of almost childish injury and resentment unless the world as a whole recognizes how innocent we are of anything but the most generous and harmless intentions.

You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.