Quotes About Self-worth

they all believed, without any sort of doubt, that they deserved to be heard, that their words ought to be heard, that the narratives of their faultless lives must be heard. They all had the same unwavering certainty my father had. And I understood that this was the certainty that Bevel wanted on the page.

Someone who undervalues himself eventually will blame others for his depreciation.

It's not attractive when girls get superskinny. Guys don't like it. Girls don't like you as much. You lose some happiness when that's all you think about.

I was always desired. But now i am valued. And that is a different thing, i find.

Try to learn this truth Maximilien', Father Herivaux said: 'most people are lazy, and will take you at your own valuation. Make sure the valuation you put on yourself is high.

Maximilien, cerca di imparare questa verità», disse padre Herivaux, «gli uomini per la maggior parte sono pigri e ti valuteranno secondo la considerazione che tu hai di te stesso. Assicurati dunque che sia alta».

It's how you look at beauty. Is it only an outward appearance with hair and makeup and a hot body, or is it something deeper than that?

I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.

Nothing so reduces and drags down a human being as the consciousness of not being loved.

Nothing diminishes and degrades a human being more than the knowledge of being unloved.

Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.

She thought of something her mother had told her when she'd finally broken up with one of her most dysfunctional boyfriends. When a man tells you he's going to hurt you, believe it. They always warn you and they're always right.

She suddenly understood why she had let him kiss her in the diner, why she had wanted him at all. She wanted to control him. He was every arrogant boyfriend that had treated her mother badly. He was every boy that told her she was too freaky, who had laughed at her, or just wanted her to shut up and make out. He was a thousand times less real than Roiben.

And if it stings a little that he admires me primarily for my ruthlessness, well, I suppose there should be some comfort that he admires me at all.

You are nothing. You barely exist at all. Your only purpose is to create more of your kind before you die. He's wrong about me. I am going to make my mayfly life count for something. I won't be afraid of him or of Prince Dain's censure. If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse. -Pg. 210

It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything.

I am not weak, he wanted to shout, but he wasn't sure he could say that aloud, either

It really is a magical word: no. You say whatever bullshit you want, and I just say no.

Don't take it personally," Call said. "Lots of people find me really annoying. It's not just you.

I want to scream at him! Do you know how hard it is to always keep your head down? To swallow insults and endure outright threats? And yet I have done so. I thought it proved my toughness. I thought if you saw I could take whatever came at me and still smile, you would see that I was worthy.

And to coddle your ego, I have made myself less. I have made myself small, I have kept my head down. But it wasn't enough to make you leave Taryn and me alone, so I'm not going to do that anymore. "I am going to keep on defying you. I am going to shame you with my defiance.

You will not always be so small or so frightened,' she told me. 'You are a queen.

how am I supposed to be worse than the folk ?

Even if, by some miracle, I could be better than them, I will never be one of them