Quotes About Self-worth

had fallen into the mental trap of assuming that people who were doing better than me were actually better than me. What I learned was that this was not necessarily true.

existe una relación directa entre tu autoestima y cuánto ganas. Mientras más te quieras, más ventas harás y mayores serán tus ingresos. Cuando organices tu vida para convertirte en un perpetuo generador de autoestima, eso solo contribuirá más a tus ingresos que cualquier otro factor.

Often we take personally the slings and arrows of our 'abusers'. But frequently we are merely the interchangeable pawns of their own neurotic dramas. Anyone else in your position would have received the same treatment. There is nothing especially noxious or negatively noteworthy about you.

You aren't good enough." "No, thanks." "You know you aren't going to be able to pull this off." "No, thanks." "You aren't really good at this." "No, thanks." "You should join the PTA." "Seriously, no." "You are the luckiest girl in the world." "Don't mind if I do.

What I've learned from talking to so many victims of traumatic events, abuse, or neglect is that after absorbing these painful experiences, the child begins to ache. A deep longing to feel needed, validated, and valued begins to take hold. As these children grow, they lack the ability to set a standard for what they deserve. And if that lack is not addressed, what often follows is a complicated, frustrating pattern of self-sabotage, violence, promiscuity, or addiction.

Scott, you are the salt of the earth. Oh, I'm sorry, excuse me. I meant scum of the earth.

I was like this totally serious kid, and this totally angsty teenager. I probably only smiled and laughed when I was deluded into thinking it would make some jerk like me.

Turning to Ann Gower, she smiled. "You're a good woman, Ann Gower." Ann Gower drew back and looked askance at Mary. "Don't you go ruinin' me reputation, Mary Abacus. I be a real bad woman, but a bloody good whore, and you knows it!

God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody's appendage? she prayed desperately.

A man is never ugly.

Deus, quando você irá criar uma mulher que se sinta satisfeita com sua própria pessoa, um ser humano pleno, não o apêndice de alguém?

The irony is that the struggle to win love and approval makes it very difficult to experience them. Chronic

If you realized how beautiful you are, you would fall at your own feet.

What is an example that will prove that you aren't lovable? Rejection? If someone rejects you—and he could only do that because you don't match his beliefs about how he wants the world to be—it has nothing to do with you. Only an inflated ego could say that it had anything to do with you.

It's not your job to like me. It's mine!

Each of us is the ultimate expert on the gentleness and understanding we deserve.

you should not insult yourself so, sir. Is there not enough suffering in the world?

I don't feel less because I'm in the presence of a beautiful person. I don't go, oh, I'll never be that beautiful! What a ridiculous attitude to take! ....When men look at sports, when they look at football, they don't go, oh, I'll never be that fast!, I'll never be that strong!

I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Shame is a useless emotion.

I'm certainly not going to put my life on hold for him.

I think, when men tell women to lose weight, it's a diversion from their own lack of size in certain areas.

Why do magazines do this to women? It's all about creating insecurity. Trying to make women feel like they're not good enough. And when women don't feel like they're good enough, guess what? Men win. That's how they keep us down.

You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster.

It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.