Validation Seeking Quotes

I always seek people's approval and I'm always never good enough.

The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.

I'm the worst. I get on my Instagram, put up a picture of my face looking all cheekbones and blue steel, and get massive dopamine hits when I see the likes come in.

We treat beauty like an accomplishment, and that is insane. Everyone in L.A. says, 'Oh, you look good,' and you listen for them to say you've lost weight. It's never 'How are you?' or 'You seem happy!'

I became an overachiever to get approval from the world.

I am an approval junkie.

It wasn't until I stopped worrying about my own validation and finally refocused my energy on things I could actually change that I finally grew as a person and as a professional.

The only reason I went for that goal is that I wanted to say: 'Now, mummy-daddy, will you love me?'

My whole life I've been a fraud. I'm not exaggerating. Pretty much all I've ever done all the time is try to create a certain impression of me in other people. Mostly to be liked or admired. It's a little more complicated than that, maybe. But when you come right down to it it's to be liked, loved. Admired, approved of, applauded, whatever. You get the idea.

The ego encourages you to constantly prove yourself and what you already know. When you are in the presence of someone you feel the need to impress, the ego's automatic response is 'I know.' The moment you say 'I know,' you are demonstrating that you don't know. You can learn something valuable from everyone, in every situation.

I think I prioritize other people's opinions of me very highly, which is not necessarily a good thing - it's a thing that causes a lot of anxiety.

For paranoia about 'what other people think' : remember that only some hate, a very few love - and almost all just don't care.

What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.

I think there's a danger in how we can get addicted to the things that reaffirm to us who we are. For example, Facebook; people who make these Facebook posts about what's happening to them, just so people will chime in and give them positive reinforcement.

It is definitely somewhat a crutch of feeling that you have to please others in order to be accepted.

In life we're most hell-bent on proving things that we're not really sure are true.

I think I always wanted to be everyone's friend.

Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people.

No matter how well you perform, there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.

This is how women self-sabotage and self-destruct. Unless we have constant witnesses to our hard work, we are convinced we pull off every day of our lives through smoke and mirrors. (27)

If you flatter me, or if you look at me the right way, I will kill myself to please you. It's very painful to be an overachiever.

There's some part of me, as an actor, that likes attention and validation, but on any given day, depending on the style and volume of it, it can be too much.

She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

I got to be constantly reassured that somebody loves me.