49 Quotes About Valuing Yourself

Transforming yourself is no easy task. Understanding where your priorities and where you place value in yourself lay is an important part of self reflection. Here is a look at some great quotes about valuing yourself and how you can become the person you intend.

“A conviction that you are a daughter of God gives you a feeling of comfort in your self-worth. It means that you can find strength in the balm of Christ. It will help you meet the heartaches and challenges with faith and serenity.”

“All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.”

“As much as I loathe this aging thing, I’m beginning to recognize that I am now a healthier person in terms of self-worth and knowing who I am and where I fit in the world. That’s been a good trade-off for the wrinkles.”

“Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they’re fine fellows and don’t need to explain themselves.”

“Being sleep-derived not only hurts you at work, it hurts your health. You need to value yourself enough to have good sleep hygiene.”

“But, clearly to me, what I’ve come to see is that that happened because I didn’t have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn’t feel that… I was worthy of being number one to a man.”

“Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.”

“Discard the protective rags of that vice which you called a virtue: humility. Learn to value yourself, which means: to FIGHT for your happiness, and when you learn that pride is the sum of all virtues, you will learn to live like a man.”

“Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it’s through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.”

“Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don’t realize what messages they are sending.”

“I don’t have a strong sense of self-worth unless I’m doing something.”

“I don’t have the feelings of self-worth that a woman should have… and that’s been the center of a lot of my mistakes and a lot of my pain.”

“I don’t judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It’s a fun career deal, but it’s not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.”

“I never read reviews – I never have. I’ve never read message boards, either. I’m just not interested in it in any way – I’m not interested in it inflating my ego, and I’m not interested in it improving my self-worth. So, I don’t read them.”

“I think if you’re young and you’re being compared with a successful family member, it’s really hard to maintain any sense of self-worth and credibility.”

“I was on a path that could’ve really led to disaster, and the one thing for me that really kept me focused and gave me something to believe in and a sense of self-worth and a discipline was music.”

“If you do base your life on how many touchdowns you score, how many championships you win, then when you have a setback, then when you have an injury, you’re not playing, or something goes wrong, your self-worth goes down.”

“If you value yourself, you understand that you are a gift to anyone you meet.”

“It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.”

“It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.”

“I’ve learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path.”

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”

“Media is not supporting me. They’re saying that I want to marry Imran Khan, but I’m already married. This is wrong. What about my self-worth? My identity? I am a social media sensation. I am a fashion icon.”

“My acting gives me my self-worth.”

“No one can make you happy. No one can help you grow in life more than you can. I can love you to death, but I can only go so far. I can inspire and encourage you as much as I can, but when you play an active role to find that self-security and that self-worth, it makes the difference.”

“One’s own self-worth is tied to the worth of the community to which one belongs, which is intimately connected to humanity in general. What happens in Darfur becomes an assault on my own community, and on me as an individual. That’s what the human family is all about.”

“Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone’s individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.”

“Over the years, I’ve interviewed thousands of people, most of them women, and I would say that the root of every dysfunction I’ve ever encountered, every problem, has been some sense of a lacking of self-value or of self-worth.”

“Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.”

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”

“The best way to avoid falling prey to the opinions of others is to realize that other people’s opinions are just that – opinions. Regardless of how great or terrible they think you are, that’s only their opinion. Your true self-worth comes from within.”

“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”

“The moment you value yourself, the whole world values you.”

“The world reflects back to you how much you value yourself.”

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

“Value yourself according to the burdens you carry, and you will find everything a burden.”

“Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.”

“We women often gauge our own self-worth by the quality of our interactions with our lovers. And often these interactions are interpreted for, described for, processed by our women friends. Relationships are the conduits through which flows our connection with each other.”

“When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.”

“When you treat your body like a Bentley, you value yourself and you start to look at your body differently.”

“When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.”

“Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.”

“Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It’s fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.”

“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.”

“You can’t own a human being. You can’t lose what you don’t own. Suppose you did own him. Could you really love somebody who was absolutely nobody without you?”

“You may be basing a portion of your self-worth on your bank account without even realizing it. Try to pinpoint the activities and qualities that, free of charge, fulfill you.”

“You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.”

“Your actions reflect what you want for yourself and how much you love and value yourself. Your actions reflect how you see yourself, what you feel you deserve.”

“Your self-worth has nothing to do with your craft or calling, and everything to do with how you treat yourself.”

How you see yourself is one of the most important views you will carry in life.