Quotes About Self-worth

I'm just so tired of people questioning me and really tired of people not calling me Foodgod. It's my name. Jonathan is not my name.

It hurts me to consider anybody questioning my performances.

I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.

I realized that I get pleasure when I'm told, 'Don't listen to the haters; they're losers in their moms' basements.' I imagine these 'losers' and feel better about myself. Their insults hurt less if I label them 'pathetic.' I diminish their value in order to protect mine. I noticed that I'm quick to make a joke at someone else's expense.

I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.

For many years when I was younger, I let negative things that people said about me affect my life. What I've learned is that it's really important to find the right support network, focus on the positive things in your life and quiet that negative voice in your head.

Self-esteem comes quietly, like the truth.

I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.

It was tough to quit football. But after I was injured, I didn't want people paying money to see only half a John Matuszak.

My frustration is I quit Arsenal too soon. I left a club I loved without really showing how good I was.

I quit hanging around people who made me feel bad.

You don't quit on who you are.

Fans insult me and call me 'monkey.' At first, I was quite shocked, but now I do not give it importance.

My wife and children seem to like me quite a bit, and as long as that is true, I'm really OK.

I have always been known as Mahesh Bhatt's wife, and I would tell people, 'Hello! I'm here!' This has always been a struggle. I would like to be known for who I am. I'm very happy to be known as his wife or Alia's mother. But I am also a person who, in her own right, has gone through quite a lot of odds.

I was the kid who never won the races... I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.

I know y'all have probably heard I lost a few races in a row before I won one, but I never gave up. Never believed I wasn't good enough.

Do I care about what men say at the race track? No, not at all. I've always said I race for me, because I love racing. I don't race to prove a point about how well a woman can do against men on the track.

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God.

You can't go round looking like a rag.

My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything done for them.

If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly.

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.