Quotes About Self-worth

Never be put off by rudeness, Mma," she whispered. "It is the rude person who is rude, not you.

suddenly realised that if he felt that he had achieved nothing it was because he had failed to cherish what he had in fact done. He had filled his days doing ordinary, unexceptional things and thought nothing of them. But they were far from nothing:

That is why the artist will always be happy—no matter how the world treats him. If he knows that what he creates is good, then he can bear the indifference of others.

not all those whose work amounts to something believe that what they do is good enough, or even worth doing.

He will be a small man inside, said Mma Ramotswe. He will feel small and unimportant. That is why he needs to put ladies down, Mma. Men who are big inside never feel the need to do that.

It was all a question of face, she decided: you had to leave room for face to be saved.

Whom, then, to love? Whom to believe? Who is the only one that won't betray us? Who measures all deeds, all speeches obligingly by our own foot rule? Who does not sow slander about us? Who coddles us with care? To whom our vice is not so bad? Who never bores us? Unlike a futile phantom-seeker who wastes effort in vain- love your own self, my honorworthy reader. A worthy object! Nothing more amiable surely exists.

We live in the Age of Comparison. Too often, we deem our own achievements worthless if they fall short of others' standards. Our best isn't good enough if it's not as good as someone else's best.

My heart broke not only for the daughter who already was forced to become her mother's alarmingly narrow ideal, but also for the middle daughter who knew that her in mother's mind she had already failed.

What I've loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. You've broken it with a word, so I must die.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.

Oh, mankind, race of crocodiles! How well I recognize you down there, and how worthy you are of yourselves!

Who you pretends you is, you comes to be. The nigger that bows to the Master on the street, who acts the fool, who forgets who he am, that man a slave. He shuts his bible, he deserves to be a slave

Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser.

Hey, you're supposed to be my grape, Lydia McCarthy. Why are you letting another man squish you behind my back?

Some people won't be happy until they've pushed you to the ground. What you have to do is have the courage to stand your ground and not give them the time of day. Hold on to your power and never give it away.

Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

They will never believe that an ordinary girl could do such an extraordinary thing,' Genevieve worried. 'What would I tell them? 'Tell them there is no such thing as an ordinary girl, said Bloom.

unless you value yourself, you won't have the motivation to exercise, get enough sleep, eat healthfully, and care for yourself.

Know that you deserve to have, and will always have, your every human need met. Do

If you feel undeserving, it doesn't matter how much you study and practice manifestation methods. Until you feel deserving, you will sabotage your success and happiness.

I'd much rather have a brain of my own than be popular.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition," he wrote. "I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.