Quotes About Self-worth

The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.

You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

To the man who has begun to hate himself the gate to degeneration has already opened; and the same is true of a nation. Our

His father, Joshua Wooden, had repeatedly stressed he should never try to be better than someone else, but that he should never cease to try and become the best that he could be.

In that dark chamber of my heart, where I confuse being right with being loved....

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.

The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.

It is a curious psychological fact that the man who seems to be "egotistic" is not suffering from too much ego, but from too little. When the ego is strong and well developed, there is no nagging need to impress others--by money, by rudeness, or by any other show of false strength.

The sullen workman who is afraid of being imposed upon is secretly convinced of his own inferiority--when he has to say, or think, "I'm as good as any man," he doesn't quite believe it himself.

If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person!

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

just realize that no amount of money can ever make you good enough. Money can't make you something you already are.

Some young ladies are so starved for male approval that what should be a normal attraction to men is accelerated into an obsessive need for male affirmation. Tragically, these dear ladies allow themselves to be devoured in the arms of men who have neither regard not respect for them as people.

If you don't invest in you, you'll soon find that no one else will, either.

Just because people love your gift doesn't mean they love you. Most of them will never really know you. Most of them don't care about you. They just want your gift. And it's okay to share your gift. It's a good thing to serve your gift to people or in places that may benefit from it.

Jealousy is the manifestation of insecurity and dissatisfaction with one's calling and self-worth.

The value of your Creator should cause you to reconsider your own worth and value.

Just because turtles dwell at your feet doesn't mean you should come down from your height and barter with, debate, or eat alongside them.

Before you get to the place that is calling you, recognize whom you can talk to about your destiny and whom you can't. Dream killers will question your ability, your preparation, and even your worthiness to live your dream.

I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.

If he is weak enough to grow smaller to fit himself to his covering, then it becomes a process of gradual suicide by shrinkage of the soul.