Meghan Daum Quotes

I think that Mama June has the greatest self-esteem on the planet. I always say to people, 'If I had her self-worth, I would probably be ruling the world.'

My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

I think I don't have as much to prove now.

I think I can finally say I am at my most confident and comfortable out there, physically.

A man is always better than he thinks.

I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.

To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time.

Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.

I feel like I don't really care about impressing other people. I thoroughly enjoy impressing myself.

I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself.

People always ask me, how did you grow up to be so confident? I tell them, I always look in the mirror and say I belong, you are so beautiful and you are meant to be here.

I haven't really looked at myself as someone that needs to prove a point to anyone.

A feeling of self worth is the best accomplishment we can foster in our prisons.

Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.

What I want to represent for my daughters is that you can always stay true to yourself and still be successful.

I'm not looking for 'outer esteem' anymore, what they call 'other esteem.' I'm looking for self-esteem. And people think that self-esteem is built with accomplishments. And, 'Hey, look what I did in my life.'

I thought, 'O.K., if I'm a valuable person and an independent entity, then I don't have to worry about what people think of me. I can reach out now.'

I can only do what I do, and if people respond to it, great, and if they don't, that's what that is.

I don't have an inferiority complex.

When you have more respect for yourself and put yourself in a position where you feel your sense of value or worth, that's how you know you're on the right path.

To me the thought of oneself as low and humble is a sin and ignorance.

If you feel inadequate to face challenges, unworthy of love or respect, untitled to happiness, and fear assertive thought, wants, or needs- if you lack basic self trust, self-respect, and self-confidence- your self-esteem deficiency will limit you, no matter what other assets you possess.

Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you're nobody.

We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves.