Quotes About Self-worth

If you're trying to find your primary refuge in your husband, if you've centered your hope on him, if your security depends on his approval, and if you will do almost anything to gain his acceptance, then you've just given to a man what rightfully belongs to God alone. And that means you've turned marriage into idol worship.

it's clear that God didn't create women to be passive victims waiting to be saved by men.

Never look to other couples to measure your worth; look to God to fulfill your call.

The truth is, we want to be known; we truly do. But we're afraid. If you see the real me, will you run away? Am I even worth being known? Will the real me bore you? Scare you? Repulse you? And so we hide.

All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)

But do you love me? If Erik were good-looking, would you love me, Christine?

Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth.

Remember to use positive affirmations. I am not a dork is not one of them.

You wear your shame like a badge, because you don't have the balls to actually pin one on.

But she also knew that he was a man, and men need to feel that they are doing something significant or they wither and fade into depression.

Never worry what other people think of you, because no one ever thinks of you.

The trick is not caring what EVERYBODY thinks of you and just caring about what the RIGHT people think of you.

Dreams larger than ourselves we killed, not wanting our smallness measured against them." (poem: Having Taken the Necessary Precautions)

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.

I don't like it when I outweigh my men.

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

In truth I was very pleased with myself and with my story and all that had happened in it. Because you can't help being impressed with your own story. Because if you're not impressed with your own story, then who will be?

Who was that?" I asked my aunt "Him?" my aunt said, and I could hear the shrug in her voice. "He's no one." "All right," I said, trying to make my shrug audible, too. But in truth, I was happy to hear Aunt Beatrice say he was no one. It is easier to feel like you're someone if you know someone else is no one.

I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.

Who would be interested? I'm the son of a village blacksmith, never even graduated from high school. I'm just an ordinary person.

Don't settle for less than you deserve. You are worthy of love, respect, and happiness.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside themselves was superior to circumstance.

Anything was better than to be loved for one's things.