Quotes About Self-worth

The few surviving photographs of Childe certainly confirm that he was no beauty—he was skinny and chinless, with squinting eyes behind owlish spectacles, and a mustache that looked as if it might at any moment stir to life and crawl away—but whatever unkind things people might say about the outside of his head, the inside was a place of golden splendor.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Many of us still think our value as a human being is in what we do or what we don't do, rather than who we are.

They have gotten down to their own right size. Humility is understanding that they're worthwhile. It's the middle ground between the extremes of grandiosity and intense shame.

What's the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em?

Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose

I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.

Sometimes you had to not give a fuck what others thought or you'd never do anything to advance yourself.

You should care about other people, but not about what they think about you.

It is not from space that I must seek my dignity, but from the government of my thought. I shall have no more if I possess worlds. By space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world.

It's very tiring having other people tell you how much they dig you if you yourself don't dig you.

Yet there's no one to beat you | No one t' defeat you | 'Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad

I've heard you say many times That you're better 'n no one And no one is better 'n you If you really believe that You know you got Nothing to win and nothing to lose

Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.

How I feel about myself is more important than how I look. Feeling confident, being comfortable in your skin - that's what really makes you beautiful.

The main trouble, the root of the future evil, was loss of faith in the value of one's own opinion. People imagined that the time when they followed the urgings of their moral sense was gone, that now they had to sing to the general tune and live by foreign notions imposed on everyone.

The main misfortune, the root of all the evil to come, was the loss of confidence in the value of one's own opinion. People imagined that it was out of date to follow their own moral sense, that they must all sing in chorus, and live by other people's notions, notions that were being crammed down everybody's throat.

imagined my character as a plate or shirt that had been manufactured incorrectly and was therefore useless.

I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent

Odrekla sem se osebnosti, da bi si pridobila zna?aj. Zna?aj se, kot boš sama ugotovila, v življenju mnogo bolj ceni kot osebnost.

Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... It's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, And not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. COWARDS DO THAT AND THAT AIN'T YOU. YOU'RE BETTER THAN THEM!

But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!

Actually, you know what? You keep thinking I'm God's gift to women, angel. It's better for me if you believe I'm the best you can get.

That's what scares me, Gideon. You don't know what you're worth." "Actually, I do. Twelve bill—" "Shut up.