You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
All movements go too far.
The faceless, eyeless armed man above me kept his gun very level.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.