To live a happy, self-loving and successful life where you live up to your potential it’s so important to know your own worth and value.
In this post I’ve collected the most powerful know your worth quotes to help you with just that.
These thoughts from the last 2500 years will help you to stop undervaluing yourself and start realizing your true worth no matter if that’s in a relationship, at work, in school or when it comes to your goals and dreams.
And if you want more on loving yourself and on moving out of low self-esteem then check out this post with inspirational quotes on self-esteem and self-love and this one that’s all about self-care.
Uplifting Know Your Worth Quotes that Will Improve Your Self-Confidence
“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
Lao Tzu
“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
“Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it.”
Bruce Lee
“Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.”
Brian Tracy
“As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are – what others say is irrelevant.”
Nic Sheff
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
Norman Vincent Peale
“Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.”
Wendy Wasserstein
“Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worthy of the trip.”
Glenn Beck
“With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.”
Dalai Lama
“Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.”
Wayne Dyer
“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.”
Yogi Bhajan
“Self-talk reflects your innermost feelings.”
Dr. Asa Don Brown
“Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn’t have the time to sit around and talk about you. What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself.”
C. JoyBell C.
“Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.”
Roy T. Bennett
“Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.”
Joan Didion
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
Buddha
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with the handbrake on.”
Maxwell Maltz
“Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone’s individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.”
Ma Jian
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
Marie Curie
“Never seek your importance through the standards of the world. Know your worth. Never doubt your worth.”
Unknown
“Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”
Tina Fey
“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”
James Baldwin
“We are the brightest star of our sky though we often fail to notice our own brilliance in the presence of others’ light.”
E. L. Blade
“Why settle for a lesser vision? When you are destined for greatness!”
Lailah Gifty Akita
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”
Malcolm S. Forbes
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”
Mark Twain
“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.”’
Robert Hand
“Confidence is when you believe in yourself and your abilities, arrogance is when you think you are better than others and act accordingly.”
Stewart Stafford
“Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.”
Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.”
Jack Nicklaus
“Don’t try to prove anything about yourself to anyone. It isn’t necessary. Your worth shines through to others?know your worth.”
Alexandra Stoddard
“People who want the most approval get the least and the people who need approval the least get the most.”
Wayne Dyer
“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.”
Rob Liano
“Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
“Tough situations build strong people.”
Unknown
“Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
“Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they’re yours.”
Richard Bach
“Self-worth is everything. Without it, life is a misery.”
Julie Walters
“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
André Gide
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”
Harvey Fierstein
“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.”
Albert Einstein
“Women must learn to find self-worth within themselves, not through others. It is important to carve out a place just for you.”
Georgette Mosbacher
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”
Harvey Fierstein
“It is so important to take time for yourself and find clarity. The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.”
Diane Von Furstenberg
“When you know your self-worth, and you read and you ask questions and you study and you travel, you become free.”
KRS-One
“A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.”
Andrew Matthews
“Remember, you’re not half of anything, you’re twice of everything.”
Viet Thanh Nguyen
“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
Marcus Aurelius
“Just being born makes you worthy enough to be here.”
Oprah Winfrey
“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
Shannon L. Alder
“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”
Avril Lavigne
“Self-love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.”
Beau Taplin
“Refuse to accept another’s estimation of yourself.”
Alison Stormwolf
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.”
Melinda Gates
“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
Louise L. Hay
“We are what we believe we are.”
C.S. Lewis
“When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits – anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.”
Kim McMillen
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”
Bob Moawad
Self-Worth Quotes for Better Relationships and Friendships
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
Lucille Ball
“Being brave enough to be alone frees you up to invite people into your life because you want them and not because you need them.”
Mandy Hale
“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.”
Sonya Friedman
“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”
Albert Schweitzer
“Until you know your worth you’ll continue to seek other people’s approval just to feel good about yourself.”
Sonya Parker
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.”
Bernard Hopkins
“There is nothing so rewarding as to make people realize that they are worthwhile in this world.”
Bob Anderson
“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”
C. JoyBell C.
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The price tag that you put on your soul will determine the people and circumstances in which you find yourself.”
Shannon L. Alder
“If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”
Fred Rogers
“Any relationship that never considered your values should not stay longer in your heart. Know your worth!”
Terry Mark
“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
Michael J. Fox
“Know your worth and believe in it. Live life accordingly. No one will dare to let you down.”
Dr. Anil Kumar Sinha
“Your problem is you are too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”
Ram Dass
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.”’
Dan Coppersmith
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”
William Shakespeare
“When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.”
Karen E. Quinones Miller
“Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self-respect, values, morals or self-worth.”
Unknown
“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give, and nobody will care for you.”
Karl Lagerfeld
“Your most important sale is to sell yourself to yourself.”
Maxwell Maltz
“When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.”
Jodi Picoult
“If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.”
Barbara De Angelis
“If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.”
Vironika Tugaleva
“When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose your self worth in the process.”
Dave Pelzer
“Love of others and love of ourselves are not alternatives. On the contrary, an attitude of love towards themselves will be found in all those who are capable of loving others.”
Erich Fromm
“People always think that the most painful thing in life is losing the one you value. The truth is, the most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of valuing someone too much and forgetting that you are special too.”
Unknown
“They keep disrespecting you because they have no respect for you, and you keep holding onto them because you don’t know your worth.”
Sonya Parker
“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.”
Stacey Charter
“Things of value require sacrifice. If people are too hurt, too busy, or too damn stupid to see that you’re a blessing they’ve been asking for, just fall back. Know your worth.”
Unknown
“You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
Brené Brown
“Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.”
Shannon L. Alder
“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.”
Katrina Mayer
“Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right–and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head.”
Victoria Moran
“When you refuse to settle for less than the best…the best tends to track you down.”
Mandy Hale
“I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.”
Michel de Montaigne
“There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life. If you’re holding anyone else accountable for your happiness, you’re wasting your time. You must be fearless enough to give yourself the love you didn’t receive.”
Oprah Winfrey
Inspiring Quotes on Knowing Your Worth in School, in Business or at Work
“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”
Zig Ziglar
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.”
Peter T. Mcintyre
“If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.”
Brian Tracy
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
Vincent van Gogh
“To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.”
Robin Sharma
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
William James
“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”
T. Harv Eker
“Know your worth! People always act like they’re doing more for you than you’re doing for them.”
Kanye West
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
Ayn Rand
“A lot of people said, who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I’ll tell you exactly where I’m going.”
Michael Caine
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not modesty. It’s self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not egotism. It’s a necessary precondition to happiness and success.”
Bobbe Sommer
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.”
Helen Keller
“One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.”
Robert Brault
“The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right here.”
Venus Williams
“When you understand that your self-worth is not determined by your net-worth, then you’ll have financial freedom.”
Suze Orman
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.”
Ace Antonio Hall
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Howard Washington Thurman
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you can’t do this or that. That’s nonsense. Make up your mind, you’ll never use crutches or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go anywhere you want to. But never, never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”
Douglas Bader
“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.”
Unknown
“Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”
Ram Dass
“It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.”
W.C. Fields
“Your net worth can fluctuate, but your self-worth should only appreciate.”
Chris Gardner
“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”
Golda Meir
“I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”
Henry James
“When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up.”
Germany Kent
“What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.”
Henry David Thoreau
Want more? You may find this post with my 12 favorite tips for improving self-esteem helpful.