For how long are the people who seek for the approval of others keep putting their self-worth in the hands of people?

Happily Single is permission to CHOOSE your life rather than having it handed to you, and it’s living life on your own terms instead of those that are expected of you.

What I think is all I have left. My mind is the only thing that makes me different from a fancy toaster. What we think does matter-it’s all we truly have.

I just want a life of happiness, laughter and possibility,I want a passion that I call my job, to pay my bills.I want to spend my time, eating good food & making unremarkable memories with...

You will never attain and maintain more than you think you deserve.

What I am in the eyes of most people – a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person – somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of...

When you forgive those that hurt you, they no longer have control over your future happiness. Their anger keeps them a prisoner to your past, while you enjoy the present.

The ninth gift is Reverence. May you appreciate the wonder that you are and the miracle of all creation.

Some of us are crèmes brûlées, unfortunately in the presence of those who would rather have corn dogs. We can try to degenerate into corn dogs to make them happy, or we can just accept...

He doesn’t need to be reminded you’re great.

Having low self-esteem and a shield of lard are not guarantees of safety. Having a warrior spirit, high self worth (most people are assaulted by someone they know, so if you think you’re only worthy...

If you surrender your self-worth to someone who doesn’t see your true value, what happens when someone comes along who wants to give you what you’re worth instead of what you’ll settle for?The bottom line...

Let’s tell the truth to people. When people ask, ‘How are you?’ have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avaoiding you because, they, too, have knees that...

Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is...

Don’t lower your standards to keep anyone, if they’re not making you happy, it’s time to find someone who does.

Ego very much wants to make you think that your self worth is all about what you possess, what you’ve accomplished, and who you know.

I have known friendship love, parental love, romantic love, family love and unrequited love in my life time, but the only love that made a difference was self love. You don’t need confirmation from the...

When female stories are muted, we are teaching our kids that their dignity is second class and the historical accounts of their lives [are] less relevant. This lowered value carries over when women face sexual...

Your difference is your uniqueness, not a weakness.

If your comfort zone is misery, it’s time to get uncomfortable.

The question isn’t whether the world is perfect.The real question to consider is: If it were, would you still be in it?

If there is a particular person in your life that is repeatedly choosing not to honor you and is causing you more sadness or pain than they are joy – it might be time to...

This is what she hated about hot guys. That warm and fuzzy feeling she got when one of them anointed her as worthy.

Our beliefs about our abilities and the capabilities we have are usually the limiting reactants in the chain reaction of our lives.

Believing in yourself means more than simply believing in your own ultimate success; it means believing you will survive failures, disappointments, rejections, and criticism but still persist.

If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.

You may marry Miss Grey for her fifteen pounds but you will always be my Willoughby. My nightmare. My sorrow. My past. My mistake. My regret. My love.

You’ll have less heartaches and disappointments if you stop seeking from others the things ONLY God and you can give yourself!

I know what it’s like to sleep in fear, to starve myself to be worthy, to be ashamed of my voice, to want to sleep forever. To question why I deserve to live.

I think that if you have a horse, pegasus, qilin, or unicorn, you should sit on it! You should stroke its hair, whisper in its ear, be one with it! And you shouldn’t feel sorry...

Smile at people everywhere you go. Don’t just give them one of those half-smirk/head nod things. Raise your eyebrows, show those teeth, and chuckle while you smile. Next time you’re at the store, give a...

Learn from all, but copy none and just be yourself.

So many people are so terrified to be alone that they settle for a loveless relationship or stay trapped in a miserable one for months and even years on end. But as it turns out,...

I love Hailey and what we have works. Shes’s beautiful, she’s smart, she’s a great mother, and she’s heads above what I ever thought I could see in myself.

Deny yourself nothing in life.

Keep working on yourself; eventually you will get to the point where you don’t need anyone else’s love to define you.

Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off...

Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.

The seventh gift is Talent. May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world.

How can a falling dove turn again into a flying dove once again? It really takes the eyes of someone who sees you for the beauty that you really are. And if there are no...

You are not easily forgotten.

There are a lot of valid reasons for wanting to feel safer. But hiding from pain or perceived threats behind a wall of weight is not the way to go about it. First of all,...

If Froi understood anything, it was that in this world one’s worth came from others.

It’s lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they...

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...

If you don’t see your own value, don’t expect others to as well.

I will not be “famous,” “great.” I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one’s self: to let it find...

When you only know your faults and failures, you allow yourself and others to downgrade your dreams and belittle your wants.

Why do women say “I’m sorry” so much? One of my favorite self-love sermons is this: Resist saying ‘I’m sorry’ so often. You are not “sorry.” You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections,...

you’re Worth More Than Gold