Quotes About Self-worth

Reverenciará a su más cruel adversario, si éste se encumbra; desdeñará a su mejor amigo si nadie lo elogia. Su criterio carece de iniciativas. Sus admiraciones son prudentes.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Nawalan muli ng isang oras ang buhay ng bawat kabataan, saka isang bahagi ng kaniyang karangalan at paggalang sa sarili, at kapalit ang paglaki sa kalooban ng panghihina ng loob, ng paglalaho ng hilig sa pag-aaral, at pagdaramdam sa loob ng dibdib.

We mortals are, in general, like tortoises: we value and classify ourselves according to our shells.

Rais'd of themselves, their genuine charms they boast And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

One of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves: whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation.

That'll show them," I said, then realized that sarcasm was probably a bad idea at this point. "Come on, Gabe. You can't pay attention to jerks like this. You know what I always say—never let an asshole rent space in your head.

You know what I always say—never let an asshole rent space in your head." He

never let an asshole rent space in your head.

It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.

I'm more than just a blind medicine cat! Jaypaw flexed his claws. I'll show them!

Drizzle pricked her ears. "Yesterday she said that I was as dumb as a water vole. But I'm not." "Of course you're not!" Pine Needle's whiskers twitched mischievously. "You're dumber.

Feverfew," Jaypaw mewed. "Good for aches, especially headaches." He turned away, adding, "But it's no good to us now because the flower won't be out for another moon." Why was she treating him like a mouse-brained idiot? How many times did he have to prove himself?

must be sad to be remembered only for your weaknesses. I hope I'll be remembered for my strengths instead.

affects you, and the way you're treated." Nightheart stared at her. It might mean something to other cats, but he wanted to be respected for being himself.

I'm not going to get myself hurt." I'm too important to let that happen. ~Jaypaw

You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone.

You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'.

I've been thinking about what you said yesterday, he says. About my unique qualities and talents and all that. You're right. I am unique and talented. And you're unique, too. We're both unique. Everyone is unique. In a way, I say. But unique just means unique. It doesn't mean good.

I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.

Erich Fromm wondered why most people did not become insane in the face of the existential contradiction between a symbolic self, that seems to give man infinite worth in a timeless scheme of things, and a body that is worth about 98¢.

I was just another sad, lost, lonely soul, wasting his life on a glorified videogame.