Quotes About Self-worth

I was convinced I was worth less than my straight peers. I was at best inauthentic, and the longer I went without amending that dishonesty, the more ashamed I felt.

Because I would be around so many people in the fashion industry, there's this kind of dialogue. People would always say, 'Oh your daughter is so beautiful. Is she a model?' And it was so strange for me to hear because I felt so not beautiful inside.

I do, in a strange way, care deeply what people think.

A Hallmark card with paragraphs about my beauty written by a stranger is vaguely depressing.

I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don't like me, I will obsess over it - and try to change my personality until they like me - even if they don't like me for reasons that have nothing to do with me, and even if they're strangers.

I try to win the love and approval of strangers, since it didn't work with my family.

I don't really get off on the anonymous love of strangers, which I think a lot of actors do. They're lacking something in their own personal lives, so they want the adoration of autographs and all that stuff.

It's no big deal if I disappoint strangers.

Having strangers bash you is something you never get used to.

you can't keep improving if you fear others will disapprove of what you're doing.

Talk long enough about what you lack, and soon the only people who will hang out with you are "lackys.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

If you let pride stop you, you will hate life

Don't do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You'll always know.

Make your peace with the fact that saying 'no' often requires trading popularity for respect." —Greg McKeown, Essentialism

One of the most universal causes of self-doubt and depression: trying to impress people you don't like. Stressing to impress is fine, but do it for the right people - those you want to emulate.

No one owes you anything.

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.

Don't pay any attention to what they write about you, just measure it in inches."—Andy Warhol

Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You'll always know.

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. Unreasonable and unrealistic goals are easier to achieve for yet another reason.

The World Doesn't Need Your Explanation. On Saying "No":

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

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