Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

How do you measure your value?

So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.

I see myself as what I'm worth.

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

Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

I think I am worth a lot of money.

A lot of my self-worth is based on what I do. And if you take that away I just mope.

You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.'

Take inventory of what you have to offer. Place a value on it. Respect it - because if you don't respect what you have to offer it's hard for other people to.

It's what you're worth.

Self worth and net worth are not the same.

The world never puts a price on you higher than the one you put on yourself.

It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.

Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth.

A value is valuable when the value of value is valuable to oneself.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.

You are no better than you should be.

I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.

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-esteem should not be confused with self-confidence. Self-confidence is believing in your competence and your ability to do something, whereas self-esteem is believing in your goodness.

This game doesn't define who I am as a person.

I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.

When I was a kid, I used to think about what my worth was.