Quotes About Self-worth

You do matter, already. Without making one single change.

Too many people try to find security and significance in too many places. They look in relationships; they look in popularity; they look in money and possessions. But these are all detours and dead ends.

I read somewhere that writers, as they get older, become more and more perfectionist. Which may be because they think more highly of themselves and they worry about their reputations. I think there's some truth to that.

I'm very proud of my career. A lot of people get their career from the judges of 'Drag Race' saying they're great. I had to go and build that reputation from the ground up.

I have a reputation and name myself, everyone knows that. But I believe in myself as well.

I don't think there's anybody in this world who should be required to make you feel good about yourself. Be happy on your own.

I resent that I have to prove that I'm black.

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.

You try to shut the criticism out, but it's pretty hard to do. You see people on the street, friends, people that you know are in your corner, and they come and tell you how bad they feel, and that's not the kind of conversation you want. I don't want anyone to feel bad for me.

The sensation of never feeling good enough or pretty enough will always be there. It's a constant dialogue, and you just learn to be more powerful than that other voice. When you hear it come up, you shut it down.

I always had an inferiority complex, like I wasn't good enough. I was shy. But dancing gave me so much joy, and I was good at it. I felt like a whole person because I could dance.

My good ideas are shy. But if they see that I treat the stupid ideas with respect, they come forward.

I grew up feeling 'less than.' I was the sad, shy child hiding in the hall closet beneath coats. I'd wait for my grandmother's voice to call, 'Jewell, Jewell.' I was lost, waiting to be found. I thought being found, I'd be happier, better. All the while, I read stories. Stories with both truth and lies.

People want me to say that I'm sick of playing Leia and that it ruined my life. If my life was that easy to ruin, it deserved to be ruined.

The flip side of humiliation is pride.

When I first started in this industry, my goal was to be some best friend. The sidekick. I thought that would be an accomplishment.

For me, I never want anyone outside of my immediate family and outside of me to have the power to alter the way that I walk, talk, shop, or date. When you start feeding off of that outside acceptance and accolades, you lose sight of what's actually real. Once you get there, it's kind of hard to double back.

The idea of sitting in a booth, and having someone pay me to sign autographs, seems so gross to me.

I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?

When I signed with Ring of Honor, looking back now, I don't think I deserved it.

Scales always lie. They don't make a scale that ever told the truth about value, about worth, about significance.

I'm not nearly as significant as Ralph Nader or the local plumber.

Most individuals have always thought themselves not big enough or significant enough to have an effect on the whole planet, a notion which conversely made them think they could afford big arrogance and big greed over its resources.

A significant number of women who have been ill or had marital issues feel they have no value, and society is so keen on telling us that's the case.