Audra McDonald Quotes

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

It's all about, no matter where you come from, that you can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve. I want people to learn to love who they are. Because that's the hardest thing in life, being able to see yourself the way other people see you.

Education brings a sense of confidence and self-worth to yourself.

'DWTS' really made me feel confident, and has given me a lot of just self-worth within myself and realizing that I don't need a man to be successful and that I could do a lot on my own, and have my own voice and have my own opinion.

...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.

I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.

I think that Mama June has the greatest self-esteem on the planet. I always say to people, 'If I had her self-worth, I would probably be ruling the world.'

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.

Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.

I love who I am. I love what I've become.

The most important thing is to have opportunities and feel confidence in yourself.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.

I've realized the person that I've always been and this gift that I've always had just had to be brought to light. It surprised me the most that being more who I am and not who I thought I had to be would make me successful.

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

I do believe that for me, my own personal journey has been one in which my voice has also been appreciated.

When I started snowboarding, I was looking for success to bring me identity. I still love to win, but at the same time, I don't need the X-Games to show me who I am.

I was encouraged to use my voice and explore my passions outside of the sport. And when I did that, I was finally able to realize my true self-worth. I was more than that of a gymnast.

We are all good at things - a varied assortment of things - and we all desperately need to find out what those things are for our self-esteem. If there is anything young people need, it is confidence and an identity and a purpose.

I've been the best in the world, and I believe my self worth, it's more important to me than my net worth.

Dance Monkey' showed me that I'm good enough.

I got a lot of confidence in myself.

What I want to represent for my daughters is that you can always stay true to yourself and still be successful.