Quotes About Self-worth

It is a dangerous thing with brothers, to think that you could be as strong as them, or as wise as them, or as good as them. To believe that you could have been the same person, if only you hadn't gone a different way. To think that your parents raised you the same, and that your genes combined the same, and that the rest of what has happened in all your triumph . . . or failure.

Don't let anyone make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

Neil doesn't really think Peter is cheating on him. He doesn't think Peter would ever cheat on him. That's not what this is about. It's about Neil's fear that Peter will want to cheat on him, that he will someday realize there's someone better out there.

It is too easy to be ignored in this world, so you've gotta put yourself up front if you want to be counted, and to count.

Don't get trapped into thinking people are halves instead of wholes. TINY: People are halves? LYNDA: They're not trying to sell you on it yet, but believe me, they will. The idea that two is the ideal, and that one is only good as half of two. You are not a half, and you should never treat someone else like a half. Agreed?

even though the world doesn't matter to her, she matters to the world

you will rip yourself to shreds to prove that I am worth loving. you will not hear the chorus of everyone I've let down

am always happiest when I am just attractive enough. Meaning: other people won't find me unattractive. Meaning: I make a positive impression. Meaning: my life is not defined by my attractiveness, because that brings its own perils as well as its own rewards.

He smiles, and I feel better. I hate that his smile makes me feel better, because that implies I'm weak, that I need the approval of others to feel okay about myself.

And the way he looks at me-it's like he's finally realized how real I am, how here I am. What I've just said isn't worth that. Which means I must be worth that.

It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow from shadow, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there...and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him, you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you. -Ben

Even if I didn't believe I was the kind of person who could stand up to the people who hated me, I wanted to be the kind of person who would.

They beat the shit out of me," he told people, soon after. "But you know what? I didn't need that shit inside of me. I'm glad it's gone.

Esto sucedió antes de que nos conociéramos, antes de que encontrase a alguien que lo acogiera y le dijera que no había nada malo en él.

It's just nice to see you out from his shadow. Because things don't grow in shadows, you know? So it was frustrating to see you standing there...and really cool to see you step out of it. I don't know who this new guy is, but make sure when you're with him, you're not standing in his shadow. Stand where everyone can see you. -Ben

I have long since stopped caring what others think, he said. --- Of me or of anything else.

your a nobody, an it

Hugh consoled me, saying, Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at. When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think.

As bad a dresser as I am, anything beats being judged by my character.

You know you're young when someone asks you for money and you take it as a compliment.

But instead I am applying for a job as an elf. Even worse than applying is the very real possibility that I will not be hired, that I couldn't even find work as an elf. That's when you know you're a failure.

What if I'd wasted my entire life comparing myself with people who didn't really matter? Try as I might, I still can't wrap my mind around it.

This is like ordering someone to find you attractive, and it doesn't work. I've tried it.

My dad was like the Marine Corps. Only instead of tearing you to pieces and then putting you back together, he just did the first part and called it a day. Now it seems cruel, abusive even, but this all happened before the invention of self-esteem, which frankly, I think is a little overrated.