Quotes about Validation

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.

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.

Instead of measuring my success and value by my own standards, I was measuring it by how others perceived me.

If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself.

When someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn't have to look outside themselves for approval.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.

It doesn't matter who likes you or doesn't like you, all that matters is that God likes you. He accepts you, he approves of you.

What is most startling in reading a detailed explanation of what goes on beneath the surface at the age of fifteen is that the same dynamics continue into the twenties, thirties, fifties, seventies, and nineties. We remain trapped in living a pretend life out of an unhealthy concern for what other people think.

True freedom comes when we no longer need to be somebody special in other people's eyes because we know we are loveable and good enough.