Quotes About Self-worth

Before we even sit up in bed, before our feet touch the floor, we're already inadequate, already behind, already losing, already lacking something. And by the time we go to bed at night, our minds race with a litany of what we didn't get, or didn't get done, that day. We go to sleep burdened by those thoughts and wake up to that reverie of lack.

She wondered why they didn't understand that their true selfs were good enough, and if they weren't, then the someones they weren't good enough for, were really the ones not good enough.

Live from the abundant place that you are loved, and you won't find yourself begging others for scraps of love.

Live from the abundant place that you are loved, and you won't find yourself begging others for scraps of love.

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others.

Rejection isn't just an emotion we feel. It's a message that's sent to the core of who we are, causing us to believe lies about ourselves, others, and God. We connect an event from today to something harsh someone once said. That person's line becomes a label. The label becomes a lie. And the lie becomes a liability in how we think about ourselves and interact in every future relationship.

Labels only stick if I let them.

Labels start out as little threads of self dissatisfaction but ultimately weave together into a straightjacket of self-condemnation

It's easy to live loved when I feel loved.

God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well- being. Only He is equipped to provide that. His perfectly stable, unshifting, unconditional love is the only real measure of my worthiness.

The spotlight never fixes our insecurities. It only magnifies what we thought popularity would cover up.

No amount of outside achievement fixes inside hurts.

Walk confidently in the fact that our all-sufficient God did not make you insufficient or broken.

Being full of God's love settles, empowers, and brings out the best of who we are. On the other hand, the more full of the flesh we are, the more we grab at anyone and anything to fill that ache for love and acceptance.

Don't let people's compliments go to your head, and don't let their criticisms go to your heart. The degree to which you do either of these things is the degree to which you'll be ruled by what other people think of you.

I had allowed to settle into the core of who I am. I talked about myself in ways I would never let another person.

We must respect ourselves enough to break the pattern of placing unrealistic expectations on others. After all, people will not respect us more than we respect ourselves. No, it's not wrong to need people. But some of our biggest disappointments in life are the result of expectations we have of others that they can't ever possibly meet.

A girl without a daddy felt to me like a girl without a place in this world. After all, if he couldn't love me, who would ever love me?

Fill in the blank: This rejection doesn't mean I'm [whatever negative label or shame-filled feeling you are having]. It makes this [opportunity] [person] [desire] a wrong fit for me right now. Instead of letting the feelings from this situation label me, I'm going to focus on God and His promises for good things.

comparison steals celebration. And a life void of celebration is a life empty.

And so was this. These words—"Not in my presence will you talk about yourself in this way"—they don't brush off easily. Nor should they. Sometimes a phrase lands in your soul with such weight it leaves the deepest impression. I collect these phrases like other people collect stamps and Beanie Babies. I fill the unlined pages of notebooks from Walmart with these phrases. These words that move me are treasures.

Bitterness, resentment, and anger have no place in a heart as beautiful as yours.

My body size is not tied to my happy. If my happy was missing when I was larger, it will still be missing when I get smaller.

Define your week by obedience, not by a number on the scale.