Quotes About Self-worth

Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not?

I'm perfectly miserable; but if you consider me presentable, I die happy.

No woman should give her happiness into the keeping of a man without fixed principles...

Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest as well as pretty

I'd take it manfully, and be respected if I couldn't be loved

I for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.

Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest as well as pretty, Meg.

It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have out little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not.

Amy, though the youngest, was a most important person, in her own opinion at least.

If people care more for my clothes than they do for me, I don't wish to see them.

You'll get over this after a while, and find some lovely accomplished girl, who will adore you, and make a fine mistress for your fine house. I shouldn't. I'm homely and awkward and odd and old, and you'd be ashamed of me, and we should quarrel—we can't help it even now, you see—and I shouldn't like elegant society and you would, and you'd hate my scribbling, and I couldn't get on without it, and we should be unhappy, and wish we hadn't done it, and everything would be horrid!

you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones.

Aprende a conocer y a distinguir los elogios que enaltecen de los que denigran

La vanidad echa a perder las mejores cualidades. El talento y la bondad nunca pasan inadvertidos y, aunque así fuera, la conciencia de tenerlos y hacer buen uso de ellos debería bastar. Las virtudes quedan ensalzadas por la molestia.

There's no need for me to say it, for everyone can see that I'm far happier than I deserve

I'm as handsome as ever, but no one takes any notice of me because I'm married.

Then I don't feel as if I'd wasted my life. I'm not so good as you make me, but I have tried to do right. And now, when it's too late to begin even to do better, it's such a comfort to know that someone loves me so much, and feels as if I'd helped them.

It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have our little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not.

Right, Jo. Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands

La modestie n'exclut pas la satisfaction d'être approuvée et appréciée comme on l'a mérité.

Aprende a reconocer y valorar los elogios que mereces y busca la admiración de personas que valgan la pena siendo modesta además de bonita.

Melhor ser uma solteirona feliz do que uma esposa infeliz ou uma moça de comportamento impróprio, correndo atrás de marido.

If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that's all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage

La vanidad echa a perder las mejores cualidades. El talento y la bondad nunca pasan inadvertidos y, aunque así fuera, la conciencia de tenerlos y hacer buen uso de ellos debería bastar. Las virtudes quedan ensalzadas por la modestia.