Quotes About Self-worth

It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the ranks of the living; but it does not follow from this that every huckster who is fattened and nourished in self-confidence has more courage than the man who yielded to despair.

I have just returned from a party of which I was the life and soul; wit poured from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me–but I went away– and wanted to shoot myself.

Thus when the ambitious man, whose slogan was Either Caesar or nothing, does not become Caesar, he is in despair over it. But this signifies something else, namely, that precisely because he did not become Caesar he now cannot bear to be himself. Consequently he is not in despair over the fact that he did not become Caesar, but he is in despair over himself for the fact that he did not become Caesar.

when the ambitious man whose slogan is "Either Caesar or nothing" does not get to be Caesar, he despairs over it. But this also means something else: precisely because he did not get to be Caesar, he now cannot bear to be himself.

And I have come to see that the better you treat someone, the more you love them – which is why you must never let someone treat you badly, for the worse they do to you, the more they will hate you. I

Many complain of their looks, few of their brains.

Mândria r?nit? este suferinÈ›a din care-È›i revii cel mai greu, c?ci o fractur? la demnitatea È™i stima de sine a omului e mult mai grav? decât una la picior, iar vindecarea dureaz? È™i ea mult mai mult.

In a world of true abundance you shouldn't have to work to justify your life.

I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has been a big change.

Golf inflicts more pain than any other sport. If you're the sort of person whose self-worth is tied up in how you play, golf will cut you to the core of who you are.

I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself.

I was able to look at football as something that God was allowing me to do, not something that should define me. I couldn't take my identity from this sport.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.

I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food.

Why do you think you are weak? Wake up and see you have all the strength.

Don't be a pawn in somebody's game. Find the attitude which gives you the maximum strength and the maximum dignity, no matter what else is going on

I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height. I guess if I'd been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic.

Men are taught from childhood that they are weak and sinners. Teach them that they are all glorious children of immortality, even those who are the weakest in manifestation.

He can't value you more than you value yourself.

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

I was not stressing about what other people wanted. I put myself first.

When you know truly know that God loves you it won't matter when others don't. And when you know truly know that God accepts you it won't matter when others won't.