Quotes About Self-worth

Mother, before God, I say, my voice shaking with tears, I swear that I have to believe that there is more for me in life than being wife to one man after another, and hoping not to die in childbirth!

It's not magic. It's what any slut does if she has her wits about her.

Remember, she needs you now. Don't sell your services too cheap.

Si soy una mujer honorable, debo ser tan honorable como es honorable un hombre: sin importar lo que me ponga ni cómo me vea. Se trata del respeto que me tengo, no de la forma en la que el mundo me ve, ni de lo que suceda.

And nobody in this world will ever call me Mrs. Fool.

And those people like my grandmother, who are so free with their insults and their slaps, who say that it is a tremendous honor and a fine step up for a ninny like me, might well consider that a fool can be jumped up, but a fool can also be thrown down; and who is going to catch me then?

I am glad that I did not choose a martyr's death like Jane, and I am glad that I did not break my heart like Katherine. I am glad that I loved Thomas and that I know that I love him still. I am glad that Elizabeth did not destroy me, and that I defied her and never regretted it, and that my little life, as a little person, has been a life of greatness to me.

You create the results in life that you believe you deserve. —DR. PHIL MCGRAW

The difference between you and the person you envy, is that you settle for less.

Isn't it amazing how easily you can cheat yourself out of the right choices by convincing yourself that you "deserve" the wrong ones? It's highly illogical when you think about it. You deserve a better life, you deserve better health, and you deserve to lose weight.

For most women, being seen, having others pay attention to you, is imagined and experienced as more desirable and more powerful than commanding an army or seizing control of the means of production and reproduction.

They'll just have to prove they're stronger and bigger and smarter and faster, when they're really dumber than doorbells and slower than snails," said Eddie.

How do you like me now?" she inquired archly. He was cautious. "I thought you didn't really care for me. Why are you making yourself so lovely?" She grimaced prettily. "I told you my deepest sins, and you didn't reject me. That's worth something.

For knowing their own inferiority, I suspect that they are too glad of equality.

It is never a bad thing to take up your fair share of space, said Mr. Bunny ambiguously.

I think part of her feared that if Mother could leave her that way, she must be unlovable. And of course, she wasn't.

I am Nothing. He liked the name. It did not make him feel worthless; on the contrary, he began to think of himself as a blank slate upon which anything could be written. The words inscribed on his soul were up to him.

If I were your enemy, I'd constantly remind you of your past mistakes and poor choices. I'd want to keep you burdened by shame and guilt, in hopes that you'll feel incapacitated by your many failings and see no point in even trying again. I'd work to convince you that you've had your chance and blown it—that your God may be able to forgive some people for some things, but not you . . . not for this.

If I were your enemy, I'd devalue your strength and magnify your insecurities until they dominate how you see yourself, disabling and disarming you from fighting back, from being free, from being who God has created you to be. I'd work hard to ensure that you never realize what God has given you so you'll doubt the power of God within you.

Strategy 3—Against Your Identity He magnifies your insecurities, leading you to doubt what God says about you and to disregard what He's given you (Eph. 1:17–19).

Strategy 5—Against Your Confidence He constantly reminds you of your past mistakes and bad choices, hoping to convince you that you're under God's judgment rather than under the blood (Rev. 12:10).

Authentically Me I will accept and celebrate my uniqueness, and will esteem and encourage the distinctions I admire in others.

Whom then to credit? Whom to treasure? On whom alone can we depend? Who is there who will truly measure his acts and words to suit our end? Who'll sow no calumnies around us? Whose fond attentions will astound us? Who'll never fault our vices, or whom shall we never find a bore? Don't let a ghost be your bear-leader. don't waste your efforts on the air. Just let yourself be your whole care, your loved one, honourable reader! Deserving object: there can be nothing more lovable than he.

I don't matter here, Shane. I feel like I just don't matter. Stupid, right? No, he said. He sounded so gentle it broke her heart. It's how most people feel most of the time, Claire. You've grown up being special, and this is how most people live their lives...on their own, unnoticed. And they get used to that feeling. It's just new for you.