Quotes About Self-worth

Your love belongs to you. You mustn't let anyone touch it, not even him. You can keep away from him, but don't try to destroy your love. That love is yours. Keep it.

Pride is a thin substitute for sincere, openhearted dignity.

You can waste a perfectly good life trying to meet the standards of someone who thinks you're not good enough because they can't understand who you are.

All underearners, without question, share one common trait: a high tolerance for low

Sure, negotiation techniques and assertiveness skills can easily be learned by taking courses or reading books. But the truth is, if you're going to command more—whether it's a higher fee, more flexible hours, or a corner office—you have to truly believe you're worth it. People will always respond far more to your "vibes" than your words.

We women have got to stop devaluing ourselves and demand what we're worth.

Asking for more is an act of self-love. Saying no is a show of self-respect. Refusing to settle is a statement of self-worth. And walking away is a sign of self-trust.

Human beings of any age need to approve of themselves; the bad times in history come when they cannot.

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

I do not tread on you save when you grovel in the dirt.

The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst by novelists who maintain that they could do much better if only the public would let them.

I never had a man nor a son nor anything. I just call myself Missis to give me a standing.

I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.

In a way, i feel sorry for boys. They're weak. You show them boobs or a butt and they just fall apart. But I feel sorry for girls, too. Because girls get screwed, even when they're not naked with a guy. Everyone hates girls--even other girls. I mean, "girl" is like an insult , you know? "That's so girly." "Stop being a girl." "You're like a little girl." Hey, you know what? I was a little girl once and I kicked ass . I was awesome.

Less than I want. More than I deserve.

She strokes my cheek. "Don't hate yourself, sweetheart. It gets you nothing. It gets you nowhere.

I'm beneath notice. As it should be. [...] then I'm gone as if I've never been here. And soon, it will be as though I never were. I am going to join Lola in the memory hole. It is my proper place. It is where I deserve to be consigned. [...] Once she forgets me, maybe then she can remember. And that, more than anything, will count as me doing something productive.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don't have a price tag.

They don't think "I care," "I hurt," or "I have feelings." It just seems like I'm always "wrong," always "selfish," always "self-centered" and everything else that's negative and destructive.

I don't make much of comparisons in general, it's not how I think people construct themselves and I don't think it's a healthy way of dealing with your own reality.

I don't need to do a reality show to make my mark in this world.

Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.

It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you.