Paul Gauguin Quotes

Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn!

Screen credit is valuable only when it's given you. If you're in a position to give yourself credit, you don't need it.

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

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

What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.

Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.

I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.

I just want people to see me. I want people to say that Shannon Briggs is someone that looked good.

All I want is respect.

I still want to play where I'm valued.

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

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.

Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

I'm such a perfectionist. I always feel overpraised or whatever. In the abstract, I know I'm a good person, a good professional. But it's nice to be noticed a little bit, ain't it?

Positive self-esteem is the quality of simply saying thank you and accepting any value that is attributed to you by others.

She deserved at least one person who saw her and knew how good she was.

It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.

Praise from the praise-worthy is beyond all rewards.

I'm tired of people not treating me like the gift that I am.

No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value.

While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.