Quotes About Self-worth

A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey.

A peacock who rests on its feathers is just another turkey.

The man that shows off, to that one who wants to convince of his value is to himself.

You were born wrong, darling

He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.

There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.

I'm naming my son just what he is. I'm a whore and he is my son. If he grows up ashamed of me, the hell with him. That's what I'm wantin' to name him, and that's what it's goin' to be. Whoreson!

Christian name hell! I'm naming my son just what he is. I'm a whore and he is my son. If he grows up ashamed of me, the hell with him. That's what I'm wantin' to name him, and that's what it's goin' to be. Whoreson!

It is best to believe the praiser and dismiss the praise.

When you continually worry about what other people think of you, they own you.

If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.

If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviours and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve.

you have the right to live a beautiful life

If no one else has ever told you this before, I will tell it to you one more time and hope you believe it and never forget it for the rest of your life: You deserve to be treated well.

Don't let anyone make you feel that you don't deserve the good things that happen in your life

If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself.

Pay no attention to haters, attention is what they crave.

If I wait until I become perfect before I love myself, I will waste my whole life. I am already perfect right here and right now. I am perfect exactly as I am.

If you have problems in your life, don't assume there is something wrong with you.

I am a human being, not a human doing. Don't equate your self-worth with how well you do things in life. You aren't what you do. If you are what you do, then when you don't . . , you aren't.

If you're not feeling good about you, what you're wearing outside doesn't mean a thing.

You can't be a clothes hanger for your entire life.

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Leave people to their opinions and judgements. They cannot harm you; it is their understanding that is faulty, not yours.