Quotes About Self-worth

I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag.

I don't want to be a punching bag.

Definitely I don't want to be a punching bag for some other fighters who's gonna make some name, records off of me.

I am too pure for you or anyone.

I don't need to be validated by academia, because that presupposes that academia is a pure endeavor and not guided by market forces, which is not the case.

Eventually, I'm going to be judged purely on my own merits.

He felt like the invisible boy. When he got to be part of the mystery Men he felt like he had a purpose.

I don't even pursue girls anymore. I mean, I could obviously still pursue girls. It's not like I can't. But I don't have to pursue girls anymore. Girls come to me.

I can't compete with really big stars. I'm not a big star; I'm just an actor who came from Delhi to pursue her passion.

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

You don't ever have to feel pushed into anything.

I don't think anyone likes to be pushed around.

Society puts so much pressure on girls to look a certain way.

Society puts so much emphasis on outer appearance, but being confident in yourself and not letting others' opinions affect you is pretty amazing.

What helps me when someone puts me down or aims to offend me is to not take what they say personally. I try my best to not internalize their comments.

It's hard to appreciate success in modeling, because it's not something you feel like you've earned, so there is a little bit of bread of shame that comes with that. It's like somebody giving you a puzzle that's already put together.

'Single' is usually applied to women as though they are a problem to be fixed.

A big part of fixing AOL is getting AOL to believe in itself.

I don't aspire to have her career, or to be as talented as her, because I'd feel like I was shooting myself down in flames. If you have a parent who is that successful and set them as a benchmark, then everything is going to be disappointing.

I appreciate what I have and, when people called me flash in the past, it hurt. I read an article not long ago saying I had given up all the bling and was concentrating on my football. Forget the football articles, that was one of the most satisfying things I have ever read about myself.

If you're confident, then it helps you live up to your potential, but if you believe because you went to a certain school it means you're entitled to have a particular career, you'll fall flat on your face eventually.

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

I'm not focused on what other people think of me.

Being born into a Malayali family that followed a matriarchal system, I always felt loved and had a high sense of self-worth.