Quotes about Self-worth

Think about the nature of depression. Life is turned inward. You already have a sense that, for all practical purposes, God is not present. Add to that your relentless condemnation and pervasive self-criticism, which have persuaded you that God doesn't love you. You couldn't be a more obvious spiritual target if you painted a bull's-eye on your chest.

Shamed people rarely take stands against injustice. Such a stand would mean they would have to go public, which would only double the shame. Instead, once we are shamed, most of us try to make sense of it by believing we are getting what we deserve. So why would we protest?

A lingering sense that something was very wrong with him. That sense is called shame.

If you feel ugly you will experience shame. The two are bound together.

Shame can be removed, and you can still be you. Despite your feeling that your destiny and shame's destiny are identical—that if shame no longer exists, you won't either—the reality is that you will be more you without shame.

What is the way out of shame? It is the way of humility, not humiliation. It is the way of being known, not exposed.

I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

THE MALE JOURNEY t some point in time, a man needs to embark on a risky -journey. It's a necessary adventure that takes him into uncertainty, and it almost always involves some form of difficulty or failure. On this journey the man learns to trust God more than he trusts a sense of right and wrong or his own sense of self-worth.

Genuine humility is based on a realistic self-appraisal and a healthy feeling of self-worth.

Faith at its essential core is accepting that we are accepted!

Your value is not determined by your valuables