Ted Dekker Quotes

Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of valueis the core experience of powerlessness.

That's the biggest thing to separate - your body from your self worth.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?

When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.

Self-esteem is the goddamn root of all evil.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.

If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is that in the great majority of cases they despise themselves, regarding themselves as worthless and unlovable.

What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.

If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.

The More we value things, the less we value ourselves

I'm curious by individuals that embrace half a story so they can justify how incomplete they feel about their own self worth.

Self-esteem is not based on itself.

The first problem, of course, is that we haven't learned to love ourselves. That's the first problem. We can only give to another what we have to give. And if we have no love over here, we can't give it over there.

In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.

Only a person who considers himself too good for you is good enough.

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.

People who are insecure about themselves will avoid social comparisons that are potentially threatening to their self-esteem

Let others determine your worth and you're already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.

Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.

The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself.

You can be loved by your family, your mate, and your friends yet not love yourself. You can be admired by your associates yet regard yourself as worthless. You can project an image of assurance and poise that fools almost everyone yet secretly tremble with a sense of inadequacy. You can fulfill the expectations of others yet fail your own. You can win every honor yet feel that you have accomplished nothing. What shall it profit a person to gain the esteem of the whole world yet lose his or her own?