Quotes About Self-worth

Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn,That while a lassie she had worn,In longitude tho' sorely scanty,It was her best, and she was vauntie.

T]hou canst not think worse of me than I do of myself.

Una mujer fácil de obtener no puede valer gran cosa.

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for, by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgement, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If you want to make people with low self esteem feel better about themselves, praise has a superficial effect. Instead prod them into accomplishing something tangible, giving them a real experience. That will translate into a much deeper feeling of confidence.

Preferiría ser mendiga y soltera, que reina y casada. REINA ISABEL I, 1533-1603

The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated: In the long run, appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. For a king respects himself and inspires the same sentiment in others. By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem destined to wear a crown.

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.

A wise man could not be insulted, since truth could not insult and untruth was not worthy of notice.

Life is too short to put up with assholes.

The achiever is usually in an internal struggle. He struggles against what he believes and what he thinks he must do to make himself feel good. The trick in our lives is to get the two together. An internal sense of worth is just as important to the healthy man as an external sense of worth. However, it takes a healthy man to realize this.

Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. He does not look so mighty lying there, he said wonderingly. He does not look so much greater than me.

I'm no lord. I've more respect for myself than that.

Do not cut off your ears because you do not like your earrings.

Babi tetaplah babi walaupun dicat emas Rand al'Thor

Or maybe you think you aren't worth loving? Is

What Cathy took from her rejection experience was self-doubt. Until this current traumatic hospitalization, Cathy hadn't realized the fear she was carrying around, how burdened she was by it, and how that fear kept her in a mode where she had to continuously prove her value to others and herself.

I'd rather be a piece of work than a piece of shit.

We can only admire others if we have a sense of our own worthiness, and a developing sense of security about our own creative energies.

When you try to climb a mountain to prove how big you are, you almost never make it. And even if you do it's a hollow victory. In order to sustain the victory you have to prove yourself again and again in some other way, and again and again and again, driven forever to fill a false image, haunted by the fear that the image is not true and someone will find out. That's never the way.

All of us fail, but this doesn't mean we are failures.

There ain't anything worth doing a man can do and keep his dignity.

But listen here, there ain't anything worth doing a man can do and keep his dignity.

When you try to climb a mountain to prove how big you are, you almost never make it. And even if you do it's a hollow victory. In order to sustain the victory you have to prove yourself again and again in some other way, and again and again and again, driven forever to fill a false image, haunted by the fear that the image is not true and someone will find out.