Quotes About Self-worth

Thinking back to those earlier days, I felt I was weak when I wasn't making movies, and then when I was, I thought I was weak as a family member.

the hardest job is being a burden to everyone around you, when no one wants you around then you are merely useless.

The girl burst out laughing; she knew she was nobody's meat.

is it not to the mercies of the eyes of others that we commit ourselves on our journey through the world?

as if your essence were hung up in a closet like a dress too good to be worn and you were reduced to going out in only your appearance.

The real value of a sexually attractive woman in a world which regards good looks as a commodity depends on the degree to which she puts her looks to work for her.

No. No he didn't break you, my dear." Inhuman eyes probed hers delicately. "The most he managed was a bend here and there. Apparently he has forgotten that the beat of the hammer in the flame's heart only strengthens a good blade.

That admirable woman thought so humbly of her own potboiling that to hear it stigmatised by a critic of Stoker's mental powers as rubbishy stuff didn't depress her in the least. If she could have made it more rubbishy, and so sold more thousands of copies than she did, she would willingly have done so, but the artist in her, on whose existence George Knox and Adrian always insisted, kept her standard up, firmly if spasmodically.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.

I am not a pretty girl. I don't want to be a pretty girl. No, I want to be more than a pretty girl.

God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room

If so, why has a naturally masculine shape (broad shoulders, no waist, narrow hips, flat belly) become the ideal for the female body? Why is it that those aspects of a woman's body that are most closely related to her innate female power, the capacity of her belly, hips, and thighs to carry and sustain life, are diminished in our society's version of a beautiful woman?

No one should have the power to make you feel small. Remember, you are the one with the power to create your happiness.

Your happiness is the greatest revenge against those who bring you down.

He knew how little praise it took for an insecure person to feel grateful.

It gave people the right to pity me. And in my opinion, there is nothing more degrading than pity.

She'd always been eager to please – part of her problem.

They need you. They wouldn't feel superior without someone to despise. They're inadequate.

Beauty doesn't matter because in the end, we all lose our looks and all we have is our heart.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet.

People have mentioned, 'Maybe you should try to be more sexy. Look at how this butt stuff propelled this person to the top of the chart; it's amazing!' And I'm like, 'What if I really want to sing something to people?' I speak my mind. I want to be that person people feel they can listen to.

If I'm hated, so what? If I'm loved, so what?