Quotes about Self-worth

Some of us are addicted to what others think.

Our self-image soars with a compliment and is devastated by a criticism.

I may not agree with you or you with me. Yet I can remain in relationship with you. I don't have to detach from you, reject you, avoid you, or criticize you to validate myself. I can be myself apart from you.

It never seems like enough. We consistently feel inferior. Many of us know the experience of being approved for what we do. Few of us know the experience of being loved for being just who we are.

Few of us know the experience of being loved for being just who we are.

All my life, my church, my family, my friends have always told me to have high self-esteem... to think well of myself. And that's what I've done.

Your heart, mind, hands and feet are stamped with the imprint of the Creator. Little wonder that the Devil wants you to be ashamed of your body.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

We are not the sum of our possessions.

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him

When I was in school, every student's grades and position in the class were printed in the leading newspapers for all to see. Success or failure was reason for public pride or shame. One of my closest friends toyed with suicide after his high-school exams because he did not stand first in the entire city of New Delhi. Another one of my classmates in college actually burned himself to death because he did not make the grade. Such

Why are we so eager to prove to the world that we are the best at what we do and care not for why or who we are? How