Quotes About Self-worth

you do feel like a noble, superhuman, holier-than-thou person, you are then, according to REBT, experiencing an unhealthy positive feeling.

in certain societies there is a systematic underestimate of one's own creativity

Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising.

Resentment bred shame, and shame in its turn bred more resentment.

In a sane world I should be a great man; as things are, in this curious establishment, I am nothing at all; to all intents and purposes I don't exist. I am just a Vox et preaterea nihil.

Lenina'y? hem arzuluyor hem de bu arzudan utan?yordu. Lenina'ya lây?k deÄŸildi... Bir an gözleri buluÅŸtu, ne hazineler vaat ediyordu gözleri! Paha biçilmez hazineler.[...] Bir an gelir de kendini Lenina'ya lây?k hisseder diye belli belirsiz bir korkuya kap?ld?.

He was obscurely terrified lest she should cease to be something he could feel himself unworthy of.

For the act of criticizing heightened his sense of importance, made him feel larger.

Ah, if only one had work of one's own, proper work, decent work—not forced upon one by the griping of one's belly!

Ésta es la opinión que tiene de sí misma. No le importa ser como la carne.

an ounce of honest pride is better than a ton of false humility, although an ounce of true humility is worth an ounce of honest pride

No podemos seguir pidiendo perdón por estar vivos

Maybe you're not the failure you think you are after all...

Avevano bisogno di trovare quel destino in se stessi: di dimostrare che una certa quale grandezza la possedevano senza bisogno che nessun altro gliela concedesse, né uomini, né re, né Dio.

The pressures on gay teens can be overwhelming--to keep secrets, tell lies, deny who you are, and try to be who you're not. Remember: you are special and worth being cared about, loved, and accepted just as you are. Never, ever let anyone convince you otherwise.

Don't worry about it. Just look ahead to the next question. You didn't get here by accident. You passed the test. You deserve to be here. These categories maybe don't line up with your areas of expertise. But you're bright. Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.

Don't worry about it. Just look ahead to the next question. You didn't get here by accident. You passed the test. You deserve to be here. These categories maybe don't line up with your areas of expertise. But your bright. Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.

Pretend to think well of yourself, and the world will think well of you.

Stuart is conscientious about names. He believes they are important to a person's self-respect and, to Stuart, there is nothing more important than that.

The previously unloved may find it hard to believe that they are now loved; that is such a miracle, they feel; such a miracle.

It is hard, she thought, it is hard for us to think of people who dislike us because none of us, in our heart, believes that we deserve the hatred of others.

Such men knew their worth, but did not flaunt it. Such men could look anybody in the eye without flinching; even a poor man, a man with nothing, could stand upright in the presence of those who had wealth or power. People did not know, Mma Ramotswe felt, just how much we had in those days—those days when we seemed to have so little, we had so much. She

The unmerited dislike of another made one think less of oneself. We are enlarged by the love of others; we are diminished by their dislike.

a prison of put-downs and belittlements.