Wayne Dyer Quotes

Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

I just constantly tell myself that I should be the only one to define my worth and what I'm capable of and how I perceive myself. And that I should never source that worth from other people, especially strangers on social media. They don't know who I am, the length of my journey, who I am as a person.

Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One may be wrong, mistaken, or a poor craftsman, or just ignorant - but this is no indication of the true worth of one's total human identity: past, present and future!

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

Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.

Self respect beats social approval, every time.

Does what you think of you determine your worth?

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

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

If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort with us, so little perception as to remain blind to our fatal weaknesses. On the other, we are peculiarly in thrall to everyone we see, curiously determined to live out — since our self-image is untenable — their false notions of us… We play roles doomed to failure before they are begun, each defeat generating fresh despair at the urgency of divining and meeting the next demand made upon us.

Perhaps the greatest mistake we can make, which causes loss of self-respect, is making the opinions of others more important than our own opinion of ourselves. You'll find no shortage of opinions directed at you. If you allow them to undermine your self-respect, you're seeking the respect of others over your own, and you're abdicating yourself.

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

I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

I always wanted to be more validated as a human being, as a person, than I was as a player. I think that was a really hard balance for me.

There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem

The only thing that matters in life is your own opinion about yourself, nobody can destroy your dignity then, because it is not dependent on anybody's opinion.

Thus her whole identity hangs in the balance of her love life. She is allowed to love herself only if a man finds her worthy of love.

Don't be too concerned about what others think of you. It's what you think about yourself that matters!

Failure doesn't have anything to do with your intrinsic value as a person.

Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.

We are forever looking outside ourselves, seeking approval and striving to impress others. But living to please others is a poor substitute for self-love, for no matter how family and friends may adore us, they can never satisfy our visceral need to love and honor ourselves.

I've been in situations where I've said to young people: "You're so personable, you're so articulate, you're clearly so bright, you're so good-looking - feel better about yourself!" But if at the core if you don't, all those words mean nothing. Absolutely nothing.

The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.

Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.