Quotes About Self-worth

Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's important.

I don't have an extraordinary degree of self-confidence, but I know the gift I have been given from God and I try to share it with as many people as possible. Having a great voice is not a merit. I don't think it is a merit.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.

I get asked about my weight endlessly. There is no story. It doesn't merit so much talk.

I want to be judged on my own merits.

You can't buy back your respect; you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up.

I think there are times in a lot of people's pasts where they've unintentionally fallen in love with really damaged people. You go out with someone who's a mess so you can feel less of a mess.

It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we get, messages that we are not enough, are there to keep our power in check. We can't buy into these messages.

Women today are bombarded with so many messages, like we should have Naomi Campbell's body and Madeleine Albright's career.

My name is all I have, so I don't want that to be messed up from a game of football.

It took me so long to accept that a lot of the stuff I went through was really messed up. I did realize I was being invested in more as a product rather than as a person.

I'd never look at someone and think he's better than me, unless it's Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.

Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if you believe that you are, then you're almost as good as being that.

There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.

I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it's what fuels me.

I'm not a Mike Bloomberg billionaire.

If someone paid me a million dollars to drink a glass of milk, I wouldn't do it; maybe that's because I don't need the money.

Sometimes I feel like a million dollars and sometimes I feel terrible. But I've always been open about the fact that it's OK to be human and embrace those feelings.

I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?

My mindset has changed. When I was fighting guys like Glover I was second-guessing myself. Am I the best in the world? Do I deserve to be up here. Now I know it.

I'm hoping that what I am or what I'm not ethnically doesn't limit me in anyone else's eyes. I guarantee you it doesn't in mine.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

Without my ministry, I would just be Martin Luther King's daughter. You know, when people call me that, it doesn't bother me anymore. I know I am not my father. I know I am me.