Lin Dan Quotes

I didn't feel I had to prove anything more.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

I don't have anything else to prove.

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much.

I don't have anything to get off my chest. I'm not itching to prove myself anymore.

I've got nothing to prove to anyone.

I don't think about, 'Oh, I'm finally getting my respect,' because I don't care about this.

It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You're not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin.

The greatest lesson I have learned in life is that I am enough simply because I have been given life. Growing up, I constantly found myself trying to please others because I wanted to be included and validated. I expended myself completely.

I think I don't have as much to prove now.

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

I think that I was being much more uptight about those things before. I feel like I really don't have to prove anything at this point other than what I'm doing.

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

I think that as you get older, you learn to live in yourself more securely.

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

I don't need anyone to validate me.

Status doesn't matter; fame doesn't matter. You have to be really, really grounded in who you are and feel good as a person inside.

When I was a younger actor, I was pretty much solely motivated by validation. I just wanted to be told I was good and handsome and a part of the gang. It was pretty simple animal-social stuff. I don't care as much about those things anymore.

When I was younger, I was more self-conscious about living up to or surpassing the expectations of others. But as you get older, you start to build confidence.

I don't feel like I have to prove anybody right or wrong.

I was able to start building my confidence and know that I don't need anybody to be happy.