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Quotes About Self-worth

My work is more important than I am. I'm just some guy.
~ John Darnielle
Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.
~ Joshua Ferris
God doesn't love me any more or less because I had some work done on my face.
~ Joyce Meyer
Don't engage with people who are bullying. And as difficult as it might seem, it's not personal, it has to do more with them. But it's something THEY have to work on.
~ Lexi Ainsworth
I don't want to do something just for money or fame; I have to enjoy working on it! If I start to work for everyone and everything, I could not look at myself in the mirror again.
~ Marilou
No one is satisfied with their life's work.
~ Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Look, I don't care if anyone likes me when it comes to my work. But I can be massively insecure in other parts of my life.
~ Mary-Louise Parker
There are still people who don't like my work and that's okay with me.
~ Mike Royer
I never read reviews at all. I'm proud of the work I did.
~ Nicole Kidman
I have a brain, I have a uterus, and they both work.
~ Patricia Schroeder
If my film does not do well, it really hurts me. But by God's grace, even if some of my films may not have done well, people have still liked my work in it.
~ Priyanka Chopra
I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
~ Olivia
I can honestly say that I'm not a person who thinks about awards, as much I think about the work itself.
~ Oprah Winfrey
I don't think my work has to be loved by everyone, and it's loved by enough people that I'm grateful and able to keep going.
~ Rebecca Solnit
I don't want to discount the beautiful work that the fashion houses do, but somehow, just focusing on what you're wearing feels reductive.
~ Reese Witherspoon
If you are going to abandon your work because someone speaks ill of it, then it has never been your work, has it? It becomes theirs. You give it up.
~ Robin Oliveira
The only people who get paid what they're worth are people who don't follow the instruction book, who create art, who are innovative, who work without a map.
~ Seth Godin
It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.
~ Seth Godin
I don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what's right in my heart.
~ Sherilyn Fenn
I'm always pleased with my work. Absolutely.
~ Squarepusher
Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.
~ Taraji P. Henson
I don't work for money any longer. I work for pride.
~ Tom Ford
We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.
~ Yoko Ono
My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.
~ Yoko Ono