Quotes About Self-worth

My parents said to us, practically on a daily basis, that we were as good as anyone else on this earth, and that we would simply have to work harder in order to show that.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

I will only praise someone who can't take anything away from me.

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

I never put a lot of praise on myself because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself - when I divorced and took control of my life.

I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

I don't know that praise is always a good thing.

I don't look for praise.

I try not to let praise or criticism affect me.

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

I don't preach body positivity - I'm just okay with the body I'm in and say, 'I love me, so you should love you.'

That's the gift 'Precious' has given me. You really think you're telling a story about a fat black girl, and only fat black girls will understand it, and then you realize we're all Precious.

Life is too precious to worry about what other people are saying or what they think.

I prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person.

I don't like being too looked up at or too looked down on. I prefer meeting in the middle to being worshiped or spat out.

It's nice when women fancy me, but I think I will only disappoint them so I prefer it if they don't know who I am.

As far as ever wanting to give up, there have been a few times where I thought, 'Man, am I even good enough to do this?' Because people have said things to me like, 'You're too pretty. You shouldn't do comedy. Go ahead and get pregnant by a rich guy and chill.'

Body shaming comes from prejudice and it does not hold any importance in my life. All that matters is my hard work, my mission and my vision; now that shouldn't be short!

I always believed I was a Premier League player, but in the first few months when I wasn't getting a game I started to doubt whether I was good enough. Everyone kept on telling me: 'Wait for your opportunity and make sure that you take it' - and that's what I did.

I want to be great at what I do. I take a lot of pride in it. And I try not to sell myself short in my work and preparation.

You know you don't have to be the most popular kid in the school to have people acknowledge your presence.

I did a corporate gig where I presented on stage for an hour and was paid 12,000. I felt so guilty. It is still hard for me to accept I can earn that sort of money for an hour of my time.

I'm not a presenter - I'm a star.

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.