Valuing Oneself Quotes

If you can think of times in your life that you’ve treated people with extraordinary decency and love, and pure uninterested concern, just because they were valuable as human beings. The ability to do that with ourselves. To treat ourselves the way we would treat a really good, precious friend. Or a tiny child of ours that we absolutely loved more than life itself. And I think it’s probably possible to achieve that. I think part of the job we’re here for is to learn how to do it

I wouldn't trivialize my existence into a hashtag.

A man is first reverent about himself, and self-respect is the first stage in reverence for all things.

My voice doesn't sound like anyone else's. I wanted to sound like my favorite singers when I was young because when you're young you don't put much value on uniqueness. But later I realized I had something special to offer.

If you want me, you'll have to earn me. And, mister, I don't come cheap.

The writer knows his own worth, and to be overvalued can confuse and destroy him as an artist.

I know what I'm worth, and I don't feel I should be talked about as currency for someone else.

When I say "major key," I think being grateful is actually respecting yourself.

We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared.

I think that those of us who are what are called intellectuals make a terrible mistake in overvaluing the yen we have for the arts, books, etc. There is a sweet, fine quality in life that has nothing to do with this, and more and more I find myself valuing myself with those people.