90 Self Worth Quotes to Remind You of Your Value

Knowing your own worth sounds simple, but it’s one of those things a lot of people genuinely struggle with.

This collection of self worth quotes cuts through the noise and gets straight to the point. Some are short enough to save on your phone.

Others are the kind of lines that stick with you longer than expected.

Self Worth Quotes

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Your worth consists in what you are, and not in what you have.” — Thomas Davidson

“Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” — Louise L. Hay

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” — Carl Jung

“To accept yourself as you are is the ultimate expression of love.” — Thich Nhat Hanh

“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” — Michael J. Fox

“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” — Sonya Friedman

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha

“You are your best thing.” — Toni Morrison

“Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.” — Beyoncé Knowles

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” — Maya Angelou

“Self-worth comes from one thing — thinking that you are worthy.” — Wayne Dyer

“Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” — Les Brown

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” — Mark Twain

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done — but simply because you are.” — Max Lucado

“I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody.” — Maya Angelou

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” — Oscar Wilde

“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” — André Gide

“You doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.” — C. S. Lewis

“Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.” — Oprah Winfrey

“You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” — Bindi Irwin

“What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.” — Henry David Thoreau

“If you know your true worth, you do not need anyone else to confirm it.” — Alan Cohen

“The first step is to make friends with ourselves.” — Chögyam Trungpa

“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” — Madonna

“Trust yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” — Maya Angelou

“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” — Wayne Dyer

“Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimate.” — Kurt Hahn

“How we treat others is a reflection of how we think about ourselves.” — John C. Maxwell

“What is the seal of liberation? — No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“Self-respect tends to inspire respect from others.” — Nathaniel Branden

“Don’t let someone else’s opinion of you become your reality.” — Les Brown

“You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.” — Lou Holtz

“When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.” — Mark Victor Hansen

“Knowing yourself makes living easier.” — Thibaut

“Free yourself from others’ versions of you.” — Angela Jiang

“There is nothing to prove.” — Maxime Lagacé

“You are whatever you tell yourself you are.” — Shane Parrish

“How you spend your time defines who you are.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Do not live to satisfy the expectations of others.” — Ichiro Kishimi

“Be proud to wear you.” — Dodinsky

“You want to find your voice? Shut out everyone else’s.” — Brian Norgard

“The less you care about validation, the more you grow.” — Orange Book

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” — Joyce Meyer

“The reward of conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” — Rita Mae Brown

“The strongest thing a person can do is be their own best friend.” — Unknown

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown

“It’s a lie to think you’re not good enough. It’s a lie to think you’re not worth anything.” — Nick Vujicic

“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” — Steve Maraboli

“Your value does not decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” — Unknown

“You don’t have to prove your worth. You already have it.” — Unknown

“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.” — Robert Tew

“The moment you accept yourself, you become beautiful.” — Osho

“Your sense of self-worth comes from you alone – never the opinion of others.” — Robert Greene

“You are valuable simply because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are.” — Max Lucado

“Your value doesn’t decrease based upon someone else’s ability to see your worth.” — Zig Ziglar

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown

“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” — André Gide

“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” — Maya Angelou

“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” — M. Scott Peck

“Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.” — Wayne Dyer

“When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.” — Oprah Winfrey

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” — Michel de Montaigne

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.” — Ayn Rand

“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.” — William Shakespeare

“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress.” — Sophia Bush

“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.” — Denis Waitley

“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.” — Maxwell Maltz

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” — Charles Bukowski

“You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” — Anna Taylor

“Be independent of the good opinion of other people.” — Abraham Maslow

“You are your best thing.” — Toni Morrison

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that.” — Howard Washington Thurman

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” — Robert Morley

“It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.” — W. C. Fields

“Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.” — John Milton

“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece.” — Osho

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” — Shannon L. Alder

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

“We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.” — Jean de La Bruyère

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” — Maya Angelou

“Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.” — Suzy Kassem

“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” — Steve Maraboli

“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false.” — Frederick Douglass

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.” — Lucille Ball