Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

It is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives.

When someone chooses to value herself over the things she can buy, true transformation begins.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

I never had confidence - never. The hardest thing to know is your own worth, and it took me years and years to find out what mine is.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.

Your net worth is not the same thing as your self-worth. Your value is not based on your valuables.

I'm encouraging you to know what you're worth. And know that no matter who has more money in class, who has more stuff, who has a country house - nobody is worth more than anybody else.

Had I not worked on myself, put value in myself, I would not have the loving and supportive people that I have right now in my life, including my husband and children.

The boy and the man must be raised to see the possibility of self worth, then meet a few others who provide the vision of a road toward it, then spend a lifetime pursing that worth through action and relationship. One of the great tragedies in human life is to be born a male and not be guided toward the value of a man.

Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts, and friction from the world, you will genuinely impress yourself.

Every time we choose action over ease or labor over rest, we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect and self-confidence. In the final analysis, it is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives. It is activity that converts human dreams into human reality, and that conversion from idea into actuality gives us a personal value that can come from no other source.

Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.

People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.

We many times sell ourselves short, not only in relationships but throughout our own lives. Hopefully, we come around at some point and realize our own value.

I want people to realize that they matter.

Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more.

If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.

I'm a lot more self-confident than I used to be. To some extent I owe that to my children and my husband.

A man is always better than he thinks.

I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise.

So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.

I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.

I see myself as what I'm worth.

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!