Quotes About Self-worth

Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.

It's the people who feel strong and good about themselves inside who are best able to accept outside differences—their own or others'. We help children develop this ability every time we affirm how special they are to us for being themselves, and how special to us are all the things that make each person different from anyone else.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

His version of 'real' love isn't sufficient for me, I don't think anyone should settle for so little. It wasn't love - not in the true sense. On my part, it was neediness, insecurity, dependence, habit - desperate to feel loved by a man who was often ambivalent towards me.

A veces tienes que olvidar lo que sientes, y recordar lo que mereces.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exaltedî

Stop sleeping on yourself.

Your value is whatever you want it to be.

love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

If you let somebody take advantage of you, it gets worse, not better.

I'd be offended if I could be offended," he said. "Maybe I should start calling you a cow, since you have four limbs, are made of meat, and have rudimentary biological mental capacities.

I think the trick is convincing yourself that you deserve the reactions you get. You can wear the court's dresses, Vin, but make them your own. Don't worry that you aren't giving people what they want. Give them who you are, and let that be enough.

I learned how much power over a situation you gain when you decide that you don't care what others think of you.

Oh, child. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by association." "I am." "No. For you see, it flows the other direction. You are not worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with you.

Bravery isn't about what people call you, Spensa. It's about who you know yourself to be.

I'm not strong enough," Kaladin whispered. "You're strong enough for me." "I'm not good enough." "You're good enough for me." "I wasn't there." Tien smiled. "You are here for me, Kal. You're here for all of us.

That night, it rained on the other dogs, who slept outside in the cold barn, which leaked. But the little dog snuggled into a warm bed beside the fire, hugged by the farmer's children, his belly full. And as he did, the dog sadly thought to himself, 'I could not become a dragon. I am an utter and complete failure.' The end.

You are so much more than you are willing to accept, child.

I can't ever come up with any logical reason why she would want to be with me. I just...have to trust her judgment.

You think a 'lord' in front of your name is going to make that face any less ugly?

I can't do it." He smiled. "There are certain things I know, Shallan. This is one of them. You can. Find the balance. Accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it.