Quotes About Self-worth

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us. Virginia Satir, psychotherapist (1916-1988)

There's a thing, Father, where men who have thought they were giants their entire lives actually see one for the first time. It sparks a reaction. It shows them their true worth. It shows them their place.

You set extremely high standards for yourself, and when you succeed, you ignore the success and immediately raise your standards. But when you fail, you won't let go of it. You keep punishing yourself, telling yourself you're worthless.

You look good. Not because of that designer bag you carry, That designer bag looks good because of you.

My dad is the kind of dad who tried to eliminate himself. My dad's story is all too common, because when we don't fit in, many of us believe we shouldn't exist, and we try, as my dad did, as I did, to disappear.

Your advantage in forgetting is that you'll forget to write yourself off as a lost cause.

insisted on comparing upward, which is the worst thing you can do. As Richard Layard writes, "One secret of happiness is to ignore comparisons with people who are more successful than you are: always compare downwards, not upwards.

One of the biggest causes of suffering is social comparison," Coleman said. "Status anxiety is a huge component of this kind of self-torture. Have I achieved enough? Am I a failure? Am I a success?

People feel if they're not achieving all they could, they're inherently flawed," said Coleman. "Shame in general causes people to withdraw and shut down.

could not suppress comparisons of myself with others. How come I'm not doing what he or she is doing? Look where she is, and look where I am. Pathetic!

happiness comes from judging our own standing relative to those around us.

I was just a kid and I didn't have a dad. That's hard, because when you're a kid, you blame yourself for everything. And I blamed myself for him not being around, for my parents not being together.

I wasn't pretty, but as my mother once said, prettiness wasn't my profession.

The fact that a humble commoner was more honourable than you'll ever be is hardly my affair. You do what you like.

It's a sad moment when you come to understand how truly replaceable you are.

Few things are more pathetic than an unemployed man with a business card. P.15

Don't let them say you ain't beautiful. They can all get fu#ked just stay true to you.

Don't let them tell you ain't beautiful

Unless you want to fuck me, why do you care what I look like?

You're good, did you know that?' Oh, yes.

There's not a thing wrong with you, you're right the whole way through.

Of course he freaked me out. Of course it's nothing to do with me. But none of that matters. He loved me and now he doesn't. I was everything to him and now I am nothing.

But seriously, Gracie. You can't let people walk all over you. They're just people. What right do they have?

He's entitled not to love me, but he's not entitled to mess with my happy place.