Quotes About Self-worth

Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed.

Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.

There is no better antidote against entertaining too high an opinion of others than having an excellent one of ourselves at the very same time.

I desire no man's regard, Mr. Rashleigh, on such terms as must sink me in my own.

he was too proud a man to be a vain one.

The best gifts are never given, but claimed.

The equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.

You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being -- not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money -- but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.

Release the need for the attention of others

Your worth is determined by you, and with no need for an explanation to anyone. And your worthiness, a given, has nothing to do with your behavior and feelings. You may not like your behavior in a given instance, but that has nothing to do with your self-worth. You can choose to be worthy to yourself forever, and then get on with the task of working on your self-images.

Give thanks for everything that you are and everything that you have—that's the first step toward discarding a scarcity mentality.

No dejes que los planes que tienes para ti sean más importantes que tú mismo

Self-worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.

Instead of hating yourself, develop positive feelings. Learn from the error, and resolve not to repeat it but don't associate it with your self-worth.

Here is the guts of both self-and other-directed love. Never confuse your self-worth (which is a given) with your behavior, or the behavior of others toward you.

Don't equate your self-worth with how well you do things in life. You aren't what you do. If you are what you do, then when you don't … you aren't.

Needing approval is tantamount to saying, Your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself.

It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not." — ANDRÉ GIDE

You can have all visits back home be fond experiences, if you get a firm handle on your own struggle for independence from your parents. And if you model self-pride and self-worth for your children, they will in turn leave the nest with an absence of stress and turmoil for all concerned.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." — Mark Twain

Self-worth comes from the belief that I have integrity, I am valuable, I am attractive, I am important. You don't have to go around saying it; instead, you have a quiet love affair with yourself.

my children to enjoy life, to value themselves, to be risk takers, to become self-reliant, to be free from stress and anxiety, to have peaceful lives, to celebrate their present moments, to experience a lifetime of wellness, to

I came from greatness. I must be like what I came from. I will never abandon my belief in my greatness and the greatness of others.