Bell Hooks Quotes

Do I really need to prove anything to anybody? I don't feel that I have to prove anything. The only thing that I have to prove is to myself, that I have value.

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.

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.

I don't need to prove myself through competition anymore.

I do feel that I myself wouldn't have had, in my life looking back, the courage to go out and say, 'I'm a good actress.' So I think I'm one of those people that needed to be seen by someone else to see myself.

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.

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

You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies all that. Fortunately, I have a mother who encouraged me to build my confidence from within and embrace my imperfections.

Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

There's absolutely no way you can feel the freedom to embarrass and humiliate yourself unless you have finally recognized that your identity is in someone other than yourself.

I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

It's so easy today to get swept up in celebrity fixation and materialism and searching for some validation outside of yourself when we know it's really found within and through meaningful connections with other people.

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 worked hard to be accepted by the fashion community in ways beyond my physical appearance. In no time, though, I found myself surrendering to the industry's approval process. I felt like I needed validation from everyone. As a result, I lost sight of myself and what it meant to be happy, what it meant to be successful.

I don't think I need to prove anything to anybody.

I don't have anything to prove because I've already validated myself and my work speaks for itself.

I didn't need the belt to validate me.

Dance Monkey' showed me that I'm good enough.

You don't need validation from other people. You've gotta find it within yourself and sit in it and roll with it.

I think most of my childhood, adolescence, and teenage years, I was struggling to feel validated - which led to a lot of my career choices as well.

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

I don't wait for someone to appreciate me for what I am doing.

In some way I felt I was never good enough until I started fighting. I was always striving to show my worth and value.