49 Quotes About Self Appreciation

Having an ability to find the worth and appreciation you need and deserve in life is not easy. Having an ability to self appreciate will ensure that you give recognition to your successes and accomplishments. These quotes about self-appreciation will inspire you to do it more often.

“A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.”

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

“Don’t worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.”

“Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They’re no good at all.”

“Education does loads of things for girls that won’t surprise you at all – it provides self-esteem, teaches important life skills, and offers the kinds of choices a good education can give anyone.”

“I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.”

“I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”

“If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

“If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.”

“If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we’ll have them tomorrow.”

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.”

“Love who you are, embrace who you are. Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can kind of pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you.”

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.”

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.”

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

“Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.”

“Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.”

“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”

“People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people’s minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.”

“People who want the most approval get the least and the people who need approval the least get the most.”

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”

“Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.”

“Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world making the most of one’s best.”

“She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.”

“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.”

“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.”

“There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.”

“There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”

“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance”

“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”

“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ”

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.”

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”

“Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love themselves love good men.”

“You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success – none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.”

“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.”

“You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.”

“Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”

“Your self-esteem won’t come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.”

There is space that exists between compassion and self-esteem where we will find our self worth and appreciation.