Quotes About Self-worth

Remember, to someone with BPD, making a mistake means being a mistake.)

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

She wanted Mark to come back and to smell him and feel him and she wanted to tell him that they still beg for it from her, they still want her and what do you think about that Mark? I'm yours and I'm the slut of all sluts. She wanted to say, Markie you haven't taken it away from me I still have it. I still have what it takes. She thought, I could show you my insides, I could turn myself inside out for you, me, me, who everybody wants, me, who can swallow the whole world.

Life meant reducing expectations and making-do with what one had. What was the point of boo-hooing, as she saw it, when "no man is a prince, except in the imagination"? It was the same thing Marcy had said: "No one is as good as you think they are.

I've sometimes thought that being loved a little less than others can actually make a person, rather than ruin them.

It was terrible to feel so empty, as if I were nothing. Why couldn't I be happy? And just what was happines anyway?

All women like a little flattery from time to time." "What if they didn't? What if they simply liked themselves and no one needed to bend backwards to flatter them? Wouldn't it all be simpler then?" "We're only talking about compliments, Denys," Berkeley said. "Don't be so dramatic.

I needed peace just as much as he did, and to believe in the value of my work again. I wanted to run far away until the dark voices in my head quieted. But his needs upstaged mine.

That's the saddest piece as I see it, and have over and over. How some victims don't have even a whisper of no inside them. Because they don't believe the life they have is theirs to save. (seven) All the way to the village, I feel like a shaken-up snow globe, sharp flecks of memory colliding head on.

She was also incredibly confident, with a way of moving and talking that communicated that she didn't need anyone to tell her she was beautiful or worthwhile.

If the women in Paris were peacocks, I was a garden-variety hen.

I would show her I wasn't a bit of cobweb in the corner, something to be wiped or straightened, but a rival worth her notice. I would learn her ways and habits, and track her closely until I knew what she was and how to best her, and what precisely it would take to steal my good life back.

I wanted my parents to be proud of me and to take me seriously. I also wanted to be well past caring, complete and needing only my own validation.

Write, and do it now instead of capitalizing on your nice figure and your pretty hair. Stop being so charming." The sting of his words made me dizzy. My ears rang. "If I am charming it's your fault and Mother's." "You're just afraid to be lonely.

Only after a person embraces her unconditional worth and value can she truly receive love from someone else.

A country where everybody always running from the next body feeling they's better. But mark my words, one of these days they gon all run out of where-to-run. ~ Ulene

Nothing ages as poorly as a beautiful woman's ego.

What is the big deal about a couple of legs anyway?" Fyn looked at the medic. If she didn't know, he couldn't explain it.

You have amazing gifts. Don't squander them. Don't give them out meaninglessly, don't abuse them, don't take them for granted. You are the weapon you carry with you till the day you die. -Tatiana and Alexander

Hold your head high, and if you're going to go down, go down knowing you have not in any way compromised your soul.

Èšine-È›i mereu capul sus,iar dac? vei fi nevoit? s? È›i-l apleci, încearc? s? o faci f?r? s?-È›i compromiÈ›i sufletul!

We wouldn't worry nearly as much about what others thought of us if we recognize how seldom they do.

If I had to give you one piece of advice, it would be this: dont be intimidated by other peoples opinions.