Tara Westover Quotes

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'

I know my soul is beautiful; I know I'm a good person. And that will never change for me.

I do think I learned to accept myself through the eyes of others when I was young because I wasn't brought up to think that I was beautiful or told I was beautiful.

Follow your instincts and do not let other people's opinion of you become your opinion of yourself.

There's absolutely no way you can feel the freedom to embarrass and humiliate yourself unless you have finally recognized that your identity is in someone other than yourself.

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

Magazines and opinions of you and stuff like that, those will change, but your opinion of yourself does not have to based on what other people say. So I just learned that my inner voice has to be louder than their outside voice.

The phrase 'no burden' largely captured what I wish people believed about themselves.

So many people don't believe in themselves; people are worth so much more than what social media shows.

Focus on your opinion of yourself and not the opinion others have of you.

It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you.

I am proud of who I am, and nobody's going to steal that.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to.

It's very hard to be OK with who you are and not care what other people think of you. Believe me, I know.

Do I really need to prove anything to anybody? I don't feel that I have to prove anything. The only thing that I have to prove is to myself, that I have value.

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.