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Quotes About Deserving

For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
~ Bible
Some days we may be more acutely conscious of our sinfulness and hence more aware of our need of His grace, but there is never a day when we can stand before Him on our own two feet of performance, when we are worthy enough to deserve His blessing.
~ Jerry Bridges
Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don't feel worthy once they have them.
~ Oprah Winfrey
When I was younger, I wish I would have been told more often that I was right and nothing was wrong with me, that I was deserving of everything this world has to offer, and that my visions for my future were worthy of pursuit.
~ Janet Mock
To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.
~ Prudentius
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.
~ Jay Dratler
If you want the world to pay for projects, you have to be able to display why you're worthy.
~ Amanda Palmer
In my mind, I always felt like I was worthy. I really felt like, with my career and just the way I did it, it was Hall of Fame-worthy.
~ Diamond Dallas Page
When I first got two stars, I didn't think I deserved it. Now I have three I think I am worthy.
~ Alvin Leung
Just like any other job, you want a raise you've got to put in the work and you've got to show that you're deserving and what you bring to the table and all kinds of other stuff to show that you're worthy of so and so pay scale.
~ Aljamain Sterling
It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved.
~ Shawn Mendes
You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.
~ Bruno Mars
The people that have made a name for themselves and really just can wrestle have worked their butts off to get to that place. They definitely deserve a lot of respect.
~ Laurel Van Ness
Sooner or later we grow into deserving our own deaths, somehow.
~ Gregory Maguire
Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.
~ Maxwell Maltz
Give me a chance to prove myself because there's nothing that I love more than acting. I feel a sense of responsibility towards anyone who feels that I don't deserve to be here as there are so many others struggling to get into films.
~ Janhvi Kapoor
You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
~ Khalil Gibran
Oh that God would humble me deeply in the dust before Him! i deserve Hell every day for not lovingmy Lord more, who has, i trust, loved me and given Himself for me.
~ David Brainerd
She folded her arms in front of her chest. "You come the rest of the way." "Why?" "Because I'm worth every step you'll take.
~ Shelly Laurenston
Act Like a Prize and You'll Turn Him into a Believer.
~ Sherry Argov
In the state he's in, my child, your love is of no use to him—the whole world might love him and to him it would be of no use. Alas, if only men could love not with half their heart but with the whole heart God has given us, then no one would deserve to die. But as you see, no one is immortal, and that is how the world goes around.
~ Simone Schwarz-Bart
If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning!
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I love thee; none but thee, and thou deservest it
~ William Shakespeare
You don't love causes. You don't love everybody indiscriminately. You love only those who deserve it.
~ Ayn Rand