200 Know Your Worth Quotes To Give You Self-Confidence

Why Know Your Worth Quotes?

To know your worth is to understand what you are. It also means being able to understand what you are capable of doing.

People often suffer from lack of self-belief which in turn destroys their confidence. A lack of self-belief leads to failure and can upset everything.

People often fail to achieve success despite their talent, if they suffer from inadequate self-belief. Therefore it is always essential to know and realize your self-worth.

Many people find it harder to let go of self-esteem issues deep inside them, as they keep holding onto some derogatory things thrown at them rather than knowing their true value or their true worth within. These quotes are a gentle reminder to believe in yourself and love yourself.

What Parents Should Know

A lack of self-esteem can affect mental health. It leads to negativity and affects productivity.

Self-esteem is crucial since it has a big impact on people's decisions and choices. To put it another way, one way that self-esteem motivates people by influencing how likely it is for them to take care of themselves and reach their full potential.

Working on self-talk can affect how you deal with others as well. The nicer you are to yourself, the better you will treat others.

What To Discuss With Kids

You are worthy in whatever choices you make. Knowing your worth and accepting your full potential unlocks the key to a more satisfied and peaceful life.

Writing affirmations can help feel better about yourself and your life.

Comparing your happiness with that of others can make you miserable. Especially when you use social media to look at others. Choose your happiness based on your priorities.
 

Best Know Your Worth Quotes

1."Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." - Louise Hay

2. "Self-worth comes from one thing -  you are worthy." - Wayne Dyer.

3. "Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget." - Mandy Hale.

4. "When you start seeing your worth, you'll find it harder to stay around people who don't." - Unknown.*

5. "For what it’s worth... it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same." - 'The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button'.

6. "Don’t try to prove anything about yourself to anyone. It isn’t necessary. Your worth shines through to others- know your worth." - Alexandra Stoddard. 

7. "It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being." - John Joseph Powell.

8. "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." - Maya Angelou.

9. "Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her." - Lao Tzu.

10. "Never settle for anything less than you want." - PJ Harvey.

11. "We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves." - Malcolm X.

12. "When you understand that your self-worth is not determined by your net-worth, then you’ll have financial freedom." - Suze Orman.

13. "The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course." - Michelangelo. 

14. "The moment you feel you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away." - Alysia Harris.

15. "Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." – Norman Vincent Peale.

16. "Know your worth, hold your own power, be you." – Morgan Harper Nichols.

17. "You must find the courage to leave the table if respect is no longer being served." – Tene Edwards.

18. "Self-worth is everything. Without it, life is a misery." – Julie Walters.

19. "Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it."  – M. Scott Peck.

Inspirational Self Worth Quotes

20. "Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable." - Wendy Wasserstein.

21. "If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor." - Jennifer James.

22. "With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world." - Dalai Lama. 

23. "If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too." - T. Harv Eker.

24. "It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures." - Oprah Winfrey.

25. "Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings." - Dr. Asa Don Brown.

26. "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." - Virginia Satir.

27. "Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend." - Elizabeth Gilbert.

28. "Love of others and love of ourselves are not alternatives. On the contrary, an attitude of love towards themselves will be found in all those who are capable of loving others." - Erich Fromm.

29. "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."- Soledad O'Brien.

30. "You need never feel inferior. You need never feel that you were born without talents or without opportunities to give them expression." - Gordon B. Hinckley.

31. "It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him." - Abraham Lincoln.

32. "As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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

34."One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered." - Michael J. Fox.

35. "Love yourself and be awake - today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, then teach others, and so defeat sorrow." - Gautama Buddha.

36. "Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting." – William Shakespeare.

37. "Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity." - Shannon L. Alder.

38. "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

39. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." – Buddha.

Understanding Your Worth Quotes

40. "The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out." - Alan Cohen. 

41. "Before, I thought I was actually fighting for my own self-worth; that is why I so desperately wanted people to like me. I thought their liking me was a comment on me, but it was a comment on them." - Hugh Prather.

42. "We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies." - Roderick Thorp.

43. "You need to love yourself. Love yourself so much to the point that your energy and aura rejects anyone who doesn’t know your worth." - Billy Chapata.

44. "Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life." - Golda Meir.

45. "Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you're worthy of the trip." - Glenn Beck.

46. "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves." - Marie Curie.

47. "I believe becoming healthy and working out saved my life by giving me the confidence and self-worth to achieve my goals." - Kim Lyons. 

48. "Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are." - Malcolm S. Forbes.

49. "Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?" - Brigham Young.

50. "The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone." - Orison Swett Marden.

51. "Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important than ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded." - T. D. Jakes.

52. "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." - Albert Einstein. 

53. "Low self-esteem is like driving through life with the handbrake on." – Maxwell Maltz.

54. "Our sense of self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health, abundance, and joy we allow into our lives." - Dan Millman.

55. "There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity." - Nathaniel Branden.

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

57. "As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that." - Nic Sheff.

58. "People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. 

59. "Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others." - Roy T. Bennett.

60. "Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth." - Rumi.

61. "A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." – Mark Twain.

62. "I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth.

I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mindset, of attitude that you can psych yourself into the peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way." - Stephen Covey.

63. "Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate." - Kurt Hahn. 

Self Esteem Quotes

64. "The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself." - Mark Twain.

65. "If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself." - Barbara De Angelis. 

66. "It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me." - Warsan Shire.

67. "Self-esteem is a huge piece of my work. You have to believe it's possible and believe in yourself. Because after you've decided what you want, you have to believe it's possible, and possible for you, not just for other people. Then you need to seek out models, mentors, and coaches." - Jack Canfield.

68. "I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself." - Charlotte Brontë, 'Jane Eyre'. 

69. "Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality." - Les Brown. 

70. "When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't." - Jodi Picoult. 

71. "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." - Sam Walton.

72. "As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

73. "Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth." - Iyanla Vanzant. 

74. "Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction." - Margaret Thatcher. 

75. "It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others." - Sydney J. Harris.

76. "Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible." - Bruce Lee.

Never Settle Quotes

77. "Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame-thrower." - Bruce Feirstein.

78. "Never settle for the path of least resistance." - Lee Ann Womack.

79. "There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." - Nelson Mandela.

80. "Never settle for second when first is available." - Lou Holtz.

81. "When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle." - Craig Groeschel.

82. "Never settle for anything less than your best." - Brian Tracy.

83. "Never settle for less than your dreams, somewhere, sometime, someday, somehow, you'll find them." - Danielle Steel.

84. "If you haven't found it yet, keep looking." - Steve Jobs.

85. "One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more." - Michael Josephson. 

86. "Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it." - Thaddeus Golas.

87. "Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth." - Unknown.*

88. "If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you." - Fyodor Dostoevsky.

89. "He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

90. "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself." - Abraham Joshua Heschel.

91. "It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves." - Edmund Hillary.

92. "When you know your worth, no one can make you feel worthless." - Unknown.*

93. "A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror." - Sigmund Freud.

94. "When you feel good about yourself, others will feel good about you, too." - Jake Steinfeld.

95. "Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness." - Louise Hart.

Important Quotes About Discovering Your Self-Worth

96. "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill.

97. "Don't belittle yourself. Be big yourself." - Corita Kent. 

98. "Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world." - Helen Keller.

99. "You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be." - Lou Holtz.

100. "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." - Jean Shinoda Bolen.

101. "Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings." - Samuel Johnson.

102. "The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." - Eric Hoffer.

103. "Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters." - Don Coppersmith. 

104. "Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?" - Fanny Brice.

105. "When you start to beat yourself up, remind yourself of how worthy you are of love." - Demi Lovato.

106. "I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder." - Jay Leno.

107. “We are what we believe we are.” – C.S. Lewis

108. “You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” - Zig Ziglar

109. “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” - Madonna

110. “Refuse to accept another’s estimation of yourself.” – Alison Stormwolf

111. “Never underestimate yourself.” - Carolyn Mackler

112. “Accept yourself as you are right now.” - Lisa Lieberman-Wan

113. “The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” - Sonya Friedman

114. “When you refuse to settle for less than the best…the best tends to track you down.” – Mandy Hale

115. “What defines you isn’t how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.” – Sarah Dessen

116. “Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” - Dorothy M. Neddermeyer

117. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

118. “Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don’t give up.” – Rachel Corrie

119. “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” - Peter T. Mcintyre

120. “If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.” – Tim Fargo

121. “Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt

122. “When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.” - Ace Antonio Hall

123. “The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.” – Ayn Rand

124. “It’s always good to know that you have been the best even though deep inside you know you will never be better than that.” – Ana Claudia Antunes

125. “Any relationship that never considered your values should not stay longer in your heart. know your worth!” – Terry Mark

126. “They keep disrespecting you because they have no respect for you, and you keep holding onto them because you don’t know your worth.” – Sonya Parker

127. “You’re worthy of being chosen, fought for, and loved. Remember that.” – Mark Groves

128. “When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up.” – Germany Kent

129. “Be with a person who treats you like their crown, proudly honoring you in front of the world. Not with someone who treats you like a trophy, secured for their sense of achievement.” – Henna Sohail

130. “Know your worth. Examine what you tolerate!” – Jyoti Patel

Self-Confidence Quotes

131. “Why settle for a lesser vision? When you are destined for greatness!” - Lailah Gifty Akita

132. “Never let the opinion of another affect your opinion of yourself.”- Teresa Mummert

133. “Remember, you’re not half of anything, you’re twice of everything.”- Viet Thanh Nguyen

134. “If you know your true worth, you do not need anyone else to confirm it.” – Alan Cohen

135. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson

136. “Now if you know what you’re worth. Then go out and get what you’re worth.” – Sylvester Stallone

137. “There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life. If you’re holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you’re wasting your time. You must be fearless enough to give yourself the love you didn’t receive.” – Oprah Winfrey

138. “Until you know your worth you’ll continue to seek other people’s approval just to feel good about yourself.” – Sonya Parker

139. “Your net worth can fluctuate, but your self-worth should only appreciate.” – Chris Gardner

140. “Always remember that you were once alone, and the crowd you see in your life today are just as necessary as when you were alone.” - Michael Bassey Johnson

141. “Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.” - Rasheed Ogunlaru

142. “It aint what they call you, its what you answer to.” – W.C. Fields

143. “If you’re following your dreams, you’re doing something you love and that you believe in yourself for.” – McKayla Maroney

144. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” – Roy T. Bennett

145. “Your problem is you are too busy holding onto your unworthiness.” – Ram Dass

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

147. “We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.” – Marie Curie

148. "There is nothing so rewarding as to make people realize that they are worthwhile in this world.” – Bob Anderson

149. “A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.” – Jean De La Bruyère

148. “We are the brightest Star of our sky though we often fail to notice our own brilliance in the presence of others’ light.” - E.L.Blade

150. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock

151. “The price tag that you put on your soul will determine the people and circumstances in which you find yourself.”- Shannon L. Alder

152. "Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them.”- Mandy Hale

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

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

155. “If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.” - Brian Tracy

156. “Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.” - Rob Liano

157. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

158. “The problem isn’t that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD!” - Shannon L. Alder

159. “Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”– Tina Fey

160. “Do not undervalue what you are ultimately worth because you are at a momentary disadvantage.” - Sherry Thomas

161. “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.” - C. JoyBell C.

162. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” - Vincent van Gogh

Empowering Quotes

163. “Never chase people in your life. No one is worthier than you to be chased.” - Avijeet Das

164. “Only you can make the decision for what you believe your worth is and that will determine how you allow other people to treat you.” - Germany Kent

165. “If you know what your life is worth, you will look for yours on earth.” – Bob Marley

166. “Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.” – Joan Didion

167. “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.” – Ma Jian

168. “Never suppress your greatness just to fit in!” - Anneka Jordan

169. “Once you know your worth, no one can make you feel worthless.” – Rashida Rowe

170. “Know who you are and have the confidence to show it!” - Anneka Jordan

171. “When you know your self-worth, and you read and you ask questions and you study and you travel, you become free.” – KRS-One

172. “Know yourself, know your worth.” – Drake

173. “You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” – Yogi Bhajan

174. “When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.” – Mark Victor Hansen

175. “You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it’s enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness.” – Richelle E. Goodrich

176. “Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it.”— Bruce Lee

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

178. “Who you are is not who other people judge you to be; nor is it based on their acceptance of you.” – Sumner M. Davenport

179. “Before you go giving yourself away to someone, know your worth.” – Kaisan Rei

180. “Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.” – Maya Angelou

181. “What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.” – Henry David Thoreau

182. “To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.” – Robin Sharma

183. “You can always hold out for something better when you know your self-worth.” – Bryant McGill

184. “Things of value require sacrifice. If people are too hurt, too busy, or too damn stupid to see that you’re a blessing they’ve been asking for, just fall back. Know your worth.” - Unknown*

185. “Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right–and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head.” - Victoria Moran

186. “I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.” - Michel de Montaigne

187. “Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” - T. Harv Eker

188. “A lot of people said, who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.” - Michael Caine

189. “Having a low opinion of yourself is not modesty. It’s self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not egotism. It’s a necessary precondition to happiness and success.” - Bobbe Sommer

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

191. “One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.” - Robert Brault

192. “The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

193. “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right here.” - Venus Williams

194. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” - Theodore Roosevelt

195. “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”- Golda Meir

196. “What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.” – Anthony Robbins

197. “No matter what you have done, or left undone, you are worthy of love.” – Nithya Shanti

198. “I got my own back.” – Maya Angelou

199. “Life will knock you down more than you can imagine. Don’t knock yourself down.” – Unknown*

200. “Life grows lovely where you are.” – Mathilde Blind

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