Maria Montessori Quotes

There's no reason to be ashamed of feeling good.

It's easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you're loved enough, when you have enough money, and you're appreciated.

You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.

A sense of worthiness is a child's most important need.

I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.

Because I now realize, after all this time, I have never truly felt worthy of all that I have been given.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself.

There is no way to reach your fullest potential if you don't really find the love of yourself.

Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.

Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that's a need of the human condition - to look for affection or recognition or validation.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

I get the feeling people respect me and that there is affection for me. That makes me happy.

We all have the need to feel special.

If you're not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

Being happy in your skin that's what it's all about.

You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.

I want to love myself and love my life.

Definitely love yourself.

I've realised you don't gain validation from other people just because you have perfect skin or hair, it comes from the inside and I feel brighter and happier since I made peace with, and begun to accept, my spots.

When you feel fulfilled, you feel happy - You feel love. When it comes to love, you always come first. If you don't love yourself, you can't truly love anyone else, either. I always tell myself to stay in love.

Why do people need awards? Don't you know your value and your worth? I don't need anybody's award or acceptance.

Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery.

I just try to feel good in my own skin as much as I can.