Quotes About Self-worth

The words used to drive me into secret rages, because on the one hand I wanted desperately to live up to my own reputation for cleverness, and on the other it seemed very unfair, that that cleverness, which I had never asked for, could be turned into something with which to cut me down.

The idea made me shiver, rather; for it was queer to think of being loved, not just for my own sake, but for someone's I never knew...

Frances tänkte inte be om ursäkt. Bättre att vara som jag, tänkte hon, än att vara gift. Hellre ungmö än trångsynt tjänstemannafru!

because on the one hand I wanted desperately to live up to my own reputation for cleverness, and on the other it seemed very unfair, that that cleverness, which I had never asked for, could be turned into something with which to cut me down.

behave or feel. If you like what you see in the mirror, you feel a bit more worthy of My Love. When things are going smoothly and your performance seems adequate, you find it easier to believe you are My

You are a wise and wonderful woman.' 'No more wise and wonderful than anyone else,' Heavenly said. 'You should not forget this.

But now that I'm not needed to take care of any of you, now that no one seems to notice if I do or I don't, I can't work out what to do with myself.

Many women feel that no matter how competent others think they are, or no matter how much they achieve, they are really just fooling everyone.

These women often believe they are fooling anyone who thinks well of them because without any warning the switch inside their heads could turn off and their feelings of inadequacy would be exposed. They worry that they won't have enough time, that their systems won't work, or that people will drop in unexpectedly. Any minute things could fall apart.

You'll always be a fat girl. You don't know how to be anything else.

She was finally beginning to understand that her fixation on being a size ten had been another excuse to spend her life in preparation, instead of living it and taking risks and maybe getting hurt in the process.

What you look like is just one part of who you are - but it's not all you are.

Not to be cheered by praise, Not to be grieved by blame, But to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers Are the characteristics of an excellent man.

We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.

I feel like a failure." The expression comes so naturally that we forget it is a figure of speech: the language of business applied to the soul.

By 19oo, anybody could end up "a `Nobody,"' plodding down the "many paths leading to the Land of `Nowhere."' Failure had become what it remains in the new millennium: the most damning incarnation of the connection between achievement and personal identity. "I feel like a failure." The expression comes so naturally that we forget it is a figure of speech: the language of business applied to the soul.

If I killed myself now would I make the papers would anyone care I already know the answer to that besides it's irrelevant

All I'm saying is that we can't get caught up in our mistakes, our failures, our setbacks, or our victories. None of it defines us. None of this is worth holding on to. We have to build on every victory toward our next victory, or we'll miss the incredible potential we each have to bring our gifts to the world.

We give our critics so much power, when the truth is that all the power is inside of us. Who cares what a critic says or doesn't say? You have the power to say, "Not true," or "I will prove you wrong," or "No thank you, delete.

Non c'è libertà come la libertà di essere sempre sottovalutati.»

Non c'è libertà come la libertà di essere sempre sottovalutati.

Nada da tanta libertad como el hecho de ser constantemente subestimado.

Success isn't found in the eyes of others: buying things you don't need, with money you don't have, to impress people you won't know in 20 years' time.

They will grow up knowing that they should be only proud about being adopted. I will consider it a parental failure if our daughters ever try to use it as some kind of excuse.