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"..."And for God's sake, never get into the petty habit of measuring your self-worth against other people's net-worth. As Yogi Ramen preached: 'Every second you spend thinking about someone elses dreams you take time away from your own.'""
"The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth."
"Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth."
"When you start to build self-worth and redeem your magnificence, the fears go away... you void your fears via your realization of your own self-worth."
"The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out."
"Aesthetics have substantial political consequences. How one views oneself as beautiful or not beautiful or desirable or not desirable has deep consequences in terms of one’s feelings of self-worth and one’s capacity to be a political agent."
"Self-worth and financial worth become indistinguishable."
"Accept yourself as you are right now; an imperfect, changing, growing and worthy person."
"Don't let negative people determine your self-worth."
"Criticism is a destroyer of self-worth and esteem."
"In fact every belief is an obstacle. It does not even require your realization, since you are already who you are. But without realization, who you are does not shine forth into this world. It remains in the unmanifested which is, of course, your true home. You are then like an apparently poor person who does not know he has a bank account with $100 million in it and so his wealth remains an unexpressed potential"
"It's sometimes easier to reject strong evidence than to admit that we've been wrong, this is information about ourselves worth having."
"…Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Even our self-worth as human beings has been destroyed."
"Self worth cannot be verfied by others"
"Never get into the petty habit of measuring yourself worth against other people's net worth."
"My mother told me to raise my kids with calculated neglect. They get their self-worth from doing what they can do and not having everything done for them."
"Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth."
"Whatever your plan, you never invest your own self-worth in its ultimate success or failure."
"So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was a sense of loss of enthusiasm, a loss of happiness, a significant decline in self worth."
"If my sense of security lies in my reputation or in the things I have, my life will be in a constant state of threat and jeopardy-a fear that these possessions may be lost, stolen, or devalued. If I'm in the presence of someone of greater net worth, fame, or status, I feel inferior. If I'm in the presence of someone of lesser net worth, fame or status, I feel superior. My sense of self-worth constantly fluctu-ates. I don't have any sense of constancy, anchorage, or persistent selfhood. I am constantly trying to protect and insure my assets, properties, securities, position, or reputation."
