Edgar Z. Friedenberg Quotes

How do you measure your value?

I see myself as what I'm worth.

There is no value-judgment more important to a man--no factor more decisive in his psychological development and motivation--than the estimate he passes on himself.

Low self-esteem comes from who you assess yourself to be. It's about who you are, and I didn't think I was anything or anybody.

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!

It's what you're worth.

Self worth and net worth are not the same.

You can be loved by your family, your mate, and your friends yet not love yourself. You can be admired by your associates yet regard yourself as worthless. You can project an image of assurance and poise that fools almost everyone yet secretly tremble with a sense of inadequacy. You can fulfill the expectations of others yet fail your own. You can win every honor yet feel that you have accomplished nothing. What shall it profit a person to gain the esteem of the whole world yet lose his or her own?

The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself.

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

No one can figure out your worth but you.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

Changing ideas is a strain not to be lightly incurred, particularly when these ideas are intimately related to one’s self-esteem ... men have elaborated an explanation for their situation in life.... Their rationales are endowed with moral qualities

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.

Too great a sense of identity makes a man feel he can do no wrong. And too little does the same.

I don't find myself that interesting as a human being, so I don't really think that much of what I say or do warrants being recorded.

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.

Every individual forms his own estimate of himself and that basic estimate goes far toward determining what he becomes.

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

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

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

Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you.

Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.