Quotes About Self-worth

Hao Kan," I said gently, quietly, firmly as if it was a pact between the two of us. She blinked. I wasn't sure if she understood. Or if she believed she was beautiful. So I pointed at her and then to me. And I repeated with utter conviction, "Hao Kan." Those words, my pronouncement, won me the girl's slow nod. I nodded back. And when she smiled, wide and open, I tell you, there was nothing more beautiful that that.

I'm frustrated about Cathy. She's torturing herself over this guy, and he's not worth it. I should tell her the truth. I really should." "Doesn't sound like she'd listen," Kristin said. "There are none so deaf as those listening to 'All by Myself' over and over and over again.

To belittle, you have to be little.

If they [won], it would only be because they didn't forget what they were. Who they were. And that it was worth it to fight just for that.

Do not diminish who you are. Your gender, your heritage, your identity. That's what makes you unique. - Strong by Kailin Gow

In order to be successful as a woman, teach your daughter to never apologize for her success. Men never have to apologize for it, why should the women who earned it? - Raising A Strong Daughter: What Fathers Should Know by Finlay Gow JD and Kailin Gow MA

Confidence - people can mistake confidence for cockiness. In my experience, the mistake is not so much about how high I think of myself or how high anyone thinks about themselves, but rather how little people think of themselves. Aspire to be as high as you can be. Potential is limitless if you have a high self-confidence and self-esteem.

This is the bottom line: You have your whole life ahead of you. Do you want to be controlled by what those girls think or do you want to become the person you were destined to be, much greater than what your so-called friends want you to be?" - Saving You Saving Me by Kailin Gow

If I'm so special, why do I have to stop being special?", FADE by Kailin Gow

Hide yourself under a bushel quickly, for if your real usefulness were known to the world you would soon be knocked down to the highest bidder by the public auctioneer.

Heads held high.....

Why do I get angry when I am insulted? A: Because you entertain the verity of the insult.

The intellects of the Harlem Renaissance realized that before whites would see blacks as equals, first blacks had to see themselves that way- and not try to pretend to be white or adopt white ideals of beauty.

he insisted, since he'd earned something more useful than a GED—a GE, his "gutter education." He

My favorite song on the album is 'Paper Doll' because I think it's a message that a lot of people need to hear, and it's about something that a lot of people struggle with. But I don't victimize myself in the song and I don't allow the person who's trying to intimidate me get to me.

Anybody that's intimidated by my success probably isn't the right person for me.

A man who does not approach me because of my screen image or is intimidated by me is probably not being worth approached by.

I think there's something to the millennial sentiment of being, like, 'I'm great.' But I think there's also something really amazing and powerful about being, like, 'Oh, hey, I'm awesome.' It's a fine line. But I think it's possible to be both, to not be the most annoying person in the world, to still be very intriguing and fun to watch.

I try not to invest time in what other people think of me.

Invest in brands that make you feel good and that you believe in.

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

Whenever we feel shame, it's a mark of some deep investment or deep internal struggle.

I don't have the looks of angel, I don't have the body of a goddess, I'm kind of invisible.

Part of what I do, after feeling invisible for a long time, is make an effort not to be invisible any more.