Quotes on Self Worth

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities.

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self worth. For me, one of the most important things for Linux is having a big community that is actively testing new kernels; it's the only way to support the absolute insane amount of different hardware we deal with.

Your net worth is not the same thing as your self-worth. Your value is not based on your valuables.

Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master.

When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then understanding is called for. The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stance… provides illumination and healing. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another.

In fact every belief is an obstacle. It does not even require your realization, since you are already who you are. But without realization, who you are does not shine forth into this world. It remains in the unmanifested which is, of course, your true home. You are then like an apparently poor person who does not know he has a bank account with $100 million in it and so his wealth remains an unexpressed potential

I had to surrender to not worrying about the way I looked, how much I weighed...I am not a woman whose self-worth comes from her dress size.

To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.

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

It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life,it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most power!

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

The ego is not master in its own house.