Quotes About Self-worth

Your inferiority was right there on display for the world to see.

The problem is that Sophie would't want to date the sort of man who would want to date her.

It shouldn't matter. She knew it shouldn't matter. But the fact was that some people were so unacceptably, hurtfully beautiful, it made you feel ashamed. Your inferiority was right there on display for the world to see.

It's because a woman's entire self-worth rests on her looks. That's why. It's because we live in a beauty obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men.

Sometimes it felt like all the people in her life were scavengers, pecking viciously away at her flesh, wanting more, more, more.

There's not a damned thing wrong with your body. You are average-sized, you deluded fool! You are an attractive, intelligent woman, you idiot! You should spend January lying in a hammock and eating cheese.

It's no big deal. It is a big deal. They have no right to make you feel that way. Or, just ignore it, one day you'll turn forty and you'll slowly realize you don't feel the eyes anymore, and the freedom is a relief, but you'll also sort of miss it, and when a truck driver whistles at you while you're crossing the road, you'll think, Really? For me?

The fact was that some people were so unacceptably, hurtfully, beautiful, it made you feel ashamed. Your inferiority was right there on display for the world to see.

She was twenty-five before it occurred to her that she could have insulted him back, but the rule of life was that the boys got to decide which girls were pretty; it didn't really matter how ugly they were themselves.)

But each time she didn't leave, she gave him tacit permission to do it again. She knew this. She was an educated woman with choices, places to go,

We're not all beautiful , just like we're not all musical, and that's fine. And don't give me that inner beauty shining through crap either

She was generally slightly resentful of people who made it obvious they didn't care less whether you liked them or not, because she herself was conscious of an unattractive need to please.

I mean a fat, ugly man can still be funny and lovable and successful," continued Jane. "But it's like it's the most shameful thing for a woman to be.

The suffragettes didn't starve themselves for the vote so that you girls could starve yourselves for a man.

It's because a woman's entire self-worth rests on her looks,' said Jane. 'That's why. It's because we live in a beauty-obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men.' Madeline

Why do girls always feel like they have to apologize for giving an opinion or taking up space in the world? Have you ever noticed that?" Nicole asked. "You go on websites and some girl leaves a post and if it's longer than three sentences or she's expressing her thoughts about some topic, she usually ends with, 'Sorry for the rant' or 'That may be dumb, but that's what I think.

Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.

Jealousy of other people's success is a sure sign that you feel unfulfilled in your own life. Seeing them enjoy the fruits of their labors is a painful reminder that you do not have what you want nor have you been actively seeking it.

The two words that I've arrived at to describe what we all need to feel about ourselves, children and adults, in order to perceive ourselves accurately, are worthy and welcome. If you don't feel worthy and welcome, you really won't know what to do with yourself. You won't know how to behave in a world of other people. You won't think you deserve to get what you need.

No I didnt say that Im flawless, but I damn sure dont tarnish.

Stop hatin on a nigga, that is a weak emotion the lady of a nigga.

I have flushed out the feeling, of me being the shit. Cause I was leaving skid marks, on everywhere I sit.

You can love me or hate me I swear it wont make me or break me.

Tell them to keep my name out their mouth, cause they dont know me.