Quotes About Self-worth

It would have eased her mind if I thanked her for wanting to buy me away from Madam. I tried to be grateful but could not. A body does not like being bought and sold like a basket of eggs, even if the person who cracks the shells is kind.

I would be lucky to get an invitation to my own funeral, with my reputation.

They keep asking questions like 'What is wrong with you?' and 'Do you think this is cute?' How can I answer? I don't have to. They don't want to hear anything I have to say.

I have no idea how much I weigh. This scares me almost to death, but I'm working on it. I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

Bad boyfriends don't disguise themselves; their girlfriends do it for them.

In reflecting back the respect others had for the name and the title, this child had already begun to take into himself those qualities which justified the respect.

I need no distraction, Russell," he said curtly. "I believe I have already told you that a mind which cannot control its body's emotional reactions is no mind worth having.

Seeking love from another person is the biggest waste of your time.

Almost all people mistake ego approval for love. Because it is not love, it is not satisfying. Consequently, one continuously needs and demands it. And, this produces only frustration.

How far must you go to gain respect? Um... Well, it's kind of simple: just remain your own. Or you'll be crazy sad and alone.

We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

It's always sad to me when certain people are excluded from being considered beautiful... because of someone else's expectation. That bothers me.

If I dont get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh.

It makes me sad to hear girls constantly putting themselves down. We have these unbelievably high expectations of ourselves, when actually we're human beings and our bodies have a function.

I just didn't want to be a loser anymore...-Mitsuko Souma

We can feel damaged and sad and mad and know that it doesn't make us any less worthy than when we didn't feel that way.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

The artist's conception of his art or the scientist's of his science is usually as great as his conception of his own worth is small.

We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.

Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.

Smile... it irritates those who wish to destroy you.

I smile, now, thinking: we all like to think we are important enough to need psychiatrists

No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smile. Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child.