Quotes about Self-worth

Jimmy found himself wishing to make a dent in Crake, get a reaction; it was one of his weaknesses, to care what other people thought of him.

There are days when I can hardly make it out of bed. I find it an effort to speak. I measure progress in steps, the next one and the next one, as far as the bathroom. These steps are major accomplishments. I focus on taking the cap off the toothpaste, getting the brush up to my mouth. I have difficulty lifting my arm to do even that. I feel I am without worth, that nothing I can do is of any value, least of all to myself.

It was also shameful: when a shameful thing is done to you, the shamefulness rubs off on you. You feel dirtied.

You think I didn't hate their pity, their forced kindness? And knowing that no matter what I did, how virtuous I was, or hardworking, I would never be beautiful. Not like her, the one who merely had to sit there to be adored. You wonder why I stabbed the blue eyes of my dolls with pins and pulled their hair out until they were bald? Life isn't fair. Why should I be?

Today, let's set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we're not. Let's cut the threads of guilt with grace.

I want to learn how to be more thankful for what I am, than guilty for what I'm not.

Don't waste your energy trying to convince people to understand you. Your time is too valuable to try to prove yourself to people.

Every time you look in the mirror remember that God created you and that everything He creates is beautiful and good!

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

If I had a dollar for every time someone made fun of me in high school-oh wait, I do!

It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time-And you are better than you know.

Never compare your insides to everyone else's outsides.