Quotes About Self-worth

When I dont have work to talk about, I dont need to be in the headlines.

I don't worry when I go away for a while. I think there is a place for me. It may not be at the top of the heap. But that doesn't bother me, either. I think I will always be able to get work - which is the only thing I have ever really been interested in.

For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn't worth hearing, and I think everyone's voice is worth hearing. So if you've got something to say, say it from the rooftops.

It's so important for women to say to other women, 'I like myself how I am.' But it's hard because in your heart of hearts you are thinking, 'I don't really.' But you have to learn to say it. Imagine what a world it would be if people felt good about themselves the whole time.

It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'

Height doesn't mean everything.

For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back.

Girls are telling me to take my shirt off. It's like, 'Hello! I'm a person, too!'

Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back.

Being kind to myself helped me deal with people who thought less of me and thought they were better than me.

What's helpful is develop a self-esteem, feel good about yourself, feel like you're a whole, complete person.

My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn't that enough?

I think everyone is a hero in their own right.

If an adult is constantly criticizing how other people look, the girl will have a more critical voice about herself and others.

For everybody wanting to make herself counted you have to put your success before you.

I showed everyone the medal and they said, 'Ooh, I can't believe how heavy it is,' Sometimes they were more interested in the medal than in me. I was like, 'Hey, what about me?'

I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.

When you take yourself seriously you will make others take you seriously. You will put your ideas out there. You won't hide them. You won't delete them. You will keep trying.

Shame alone makes people hide, not change.

I respect myself. I have very high expectations for myself.

I learned that I could definitely play at a really high level and I definitely belong at this level.

I got a GED when I was 21 and it doesn't mean anything to me now. I'm still a high school dropout and I like the fact that I've had a good life without that.

You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

No one thinks more highly of me than probably myself. I think that's fine.