Quotes about Self-worth
If our identity gets broken, it affects our ability to connect. And I wonder if we're not all a lot better for each other than we previously thought. I know we're not perfect, but I wonder how many people are withholding the love they could provide because they secretly believe they have fatal flaws.
- Donald Miller
But in so many ways I'm still that kid, not sure exactly how to be emotionally intimate with a girl without feeling weak, not sure my work is good enough, not sure if the people who are clapping would really like me if they got to know me.
- Donald Miller
It's not that bad, Don. Don't worry. It's just that for some reason, you are letting this girl name you." "What do you mean, name me?" "Well, you are letting her decide your value, you know. Your value has to come from God. And God wants you to receive His love and to love yourself too.
- Donald Miller
if the time we spend trying to become somebody people will love isn't wasted because the most powerful, most attractive person we can be is who we already are.
- Donald Miller
Insecurity is unnecessary — you will get what you deserve.
- Jack Canfield
What others think about you is none of your business.
- Jack Canfield
Live from the abundant place that you are loved, and you won't find yourself begging others for scraps of love.
- Lysa TerKeurst
Live from the abundant place that you are loved, and you won't find yourself begging others for scraps of love.
- Lysa TerKeurst
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.
- Lysa TerKeurst
Labels only stick if I let them.
- Lysa TerKeurst
It's easy to live loved when I feel loved.
- Lysa TerKeurst
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.
- Lysa TerKeurst