Quotes About Self-worth

Si la seva vida quotidiana li sembla pobra, no la blasmi; blasmi's vostè mateix, digui's que no és prou poeta per invocar-ne les riqueses.

He only wanted to use me for something. Everyone wanted to use you for some purpose.

Too often, in order to justify them, I had to take myself by the throat and choke myself until my eyes bulged and my tongue hung out and wagged like the door of an empty house in a high wind. Oh, yes, it made them happy and it made me sick. So I became ill of affirmation, of saying "yes" against the nay-saying of my stomach—not to mention my brain.

Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.

My life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady.

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.

My life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. I wish it to be sound and sweet, and not to need diet and bleeding. My life should be unique; it should be an alms, a battle, a conquest, a medicine.

They measure their esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is. But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property, out of new respect for his nature.

I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that you should.

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him

You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.

When I was in school, every student's grades and position in the class were printed in the leading newspapers for all to see. Success or failure was reason for public pride or shame. One of my closest friends toyed with suicide after his high-school exams because he did not stand first in the entire city of New Delhi. Another one of my classmates in college actually burned himself to death because he did not make the grade. Such

Why are we so eager to prove to the world that we are the best at what we do and care not for why or who we are? How

Men throw huge shadows on the lawn, don't they? Then, all their lives, they try to run to fit the shadows. But the shadows are always longer.

Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.

Kendimize kabul ettirmemiz gereken en önemli ÅŸey önemli olmad???m?zd?.

Nobody, nobody is good enough

You know what I always say—never let an asshole rent space in your head.

I've always depended very heavily on the good opinion of others.

Unii se nasc mediocri, altii devin mediocri, iar altora li se impune mediocritatea.

But she was a baneful person who spoiled my good days and rejoiced in my bad and who would never allow herself to extol or admire me or to view me as others did in the mythic dimensions of a hero king, or as a huge, monumental figure immortalized on a great pedestal of white marble. And that's another thing...

Hasn't it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?' 'Yes, sir, it has.' 'Then why do you do it?' 'To assuage my fears of sexual impotence.

You are wonderful!