Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

I just feel like sometimes I'm a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It's not easy being me.

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.

I don't see myself beneath Beyonce and Jay Z; I don't see myself above them. I'm in my own world, hungry to grow.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

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

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

A man is always better than he thinks.

One of the things your unconscious mind does for you - and it's a great gift - is it gives you extra courage to view the outer world and it does that by giving you an extra-special view of yourself.

Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.

I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid.

I'm kind of a self-aware and confident person.

I always told my representatives, 'Look, I come from the 'School of Janet' - that's my mom - she raised me to know that I'm more than just set dressing.

Belief in oneself and knowing who you are, I mean, that's the foundation for everything great.

I was always - and I have no idea where it came from - a confident boy. And when I look at how I've lived my life that's how I've lived it.

I'm going to give it my all, but I'm also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that's the best feeling in the world.

I know my value. I don't have to look at lap times.

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.

There's no such thing as lack of confidence. You either have it or you don't.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I'm also pretty confident about who I am and what I'm doing and it might be because I'm still at the top too.

You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

The best way to avoid falling prey to the opinions of others is to realize that other people's opinions are just that - opinions. Regardless of how great or terrible they think you are, that's only their opinion. Your true self-worth comes from within.