Beth Moore Quotes

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

We think of ourselves as our titles or our jobs or our position in a family. We depend on being praised by others. But something happens when that praise is undermined.

Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge.

My job gives me the attention I'd otherwise crave.

I'd got into the habit of needing that security, love, and acceptance from a guy to make me happy.

With relationships, I always had a reason why some time in the future would be better for me than it was that day. When I was fat, I thought I'd feel pretty when I was thin, and when I was thin, I thought I'd be happier if I was more toned and muscular and had more money to look more coordinated. I wasn't comfortable in my own skin unless there was a man there to tell me just how radiant that skin looked. I was a victim of low self-esteem and had the Soon syndrome bad. I was running toward a brighter future, unaware of the mirages I'd created in the distance.

If you are hoping to find your self-worth and fulfillment in other peoples' opinion of your writing, you will never find it.

Being attached to someone is not about the other person. It is about your own sense of inadequacy.

I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.

My literary success meant nothing to me.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you're lacking inside, you've fulfilled that.

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

I could really care less about what they think about me, but at the same time, I do have something to prove.

My acting gives me my self-worth.

One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.

The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.

It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?

I have to prove myself to everybody.

If a person feels like 'They're not acknowledging me'... That's a very important feeling in life, even if it's not romantic.

You'll always feel lonely if you always need validation. People don't like to be around those kinds of people.

I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.

You don't realize you're vying for the approval of everyone so much until being yourself is not approved of.

A lot of times, we believe what the media says about us or what our awards or accolades say about us instead of what God says about us.