Quotes About Self-worth

But I'd like you however you were, Vin. I love you. The question is, how do you like yourself?

With a few tips, he wasn't so boring after all. Secretly, I'll tell you that you aren't either. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to lower your value. Don't trust them. They know they can't afford you otherwise.

Nobody will think I'm weird, and I won't get into trouble for fighting because my job will be fighting. They won't call me names, and everyone will love me.

It has always seemed to me," she said, "that a coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right. Bravery isn't about what people call you, Spensa. It's about who you know yourself to be.

I'm not odd! I'm beautiful and articulate

Do not dismiss your own talents because you envy those of another.

How much of what you've done was about love, and how much was about proving something?

You command respect by being who you are." My face got warm. "I don't feel like that," I said. "Yeah," Rig said. "I guess none of us really believe the good things about ourselves, do we?

He didn't like it when people used the word "stupid" for the way he was. People called one another stupid when they made mistakes. Dabbid wasn't a mistake. He could make mistakes. Then he was stupid. But not always. He couldn't think fast like others. But that made him different, not stupid. Stupid was a choice.

It is difficult not to question your value to someone who seems to value nothing. Sincerity might not come easily for you, but when she finds it in you, she'll value it even more for the scarcity.

Goradel frowned at that. "I don't feel very expendable.

Clothing doesn't really change a man," Elend said. "But it changes how others react to him. Tindwyl's words. I think… 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.

if he believed he didn't have to care, then he didn't need to hurt when he failed.

Do not deny your own talents simply because you envy another's.

He descubierto que, si renuncias a lo que más quieres por lo que piensas que deberías querer más, acabarás sintiéndote inútil.

Encuentra el equilibrio —le había dicho Sagaz—. Acepta el dolor, pero no aceptes que lo merecías.»

Accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it .

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.

Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now. Not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.

Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.

Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.