60 self-worth quotes to value yourself

Some days you need a reminder that you matter, whatever you got done that day or however you look. These self worth quotes are here for that. They're grouped by what you might be going through, so you can find the right one fast and come back to it when you need it.

Self-worth isn't only a feeling. It shows up in how you act: setting a boundary, asking for what you deserve, or learning to be more assertive without guilt. Save the lines below, screenshot them, or write the one that fits where you'll see it every day.

What self-worth really means

Self-worth is the sense that you have value as a person no matter what you achieve or what anyone else thinks. It's easy to mix up with a couple of related ideas, and knowing the difference helps you read these quotes about self worth for what they are.

Strong self-worth is steady. It doesn't rise and fall with a good day or a bad one, because it isn't earned by performance in the first place.

Find a self-worth quote for how you're feeling

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Self-worth quotes to know your worth

These know your worth quotes are for the moments you've forgotten how much you bring.

1. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." — Eleanor Roosevelt
2. "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." — Joseph Campbell
3. "Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are." — Malcolm Forbes
4. "Self-worth comes from one thing—thinking that you are worthy." — Wayne Dyer
5. "It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not." — Denis Waitley
6. "Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on." — Maxwell Maltz
7. "Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye." — Helen Keller
8. "Believe in yourself, your abilities, and your own potential." — Roy T. Bennett
9. "You have to believe in yourself when no one else does." — Serena Williams
10. "Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we'll ever do." — Brené Brown

Short self-worth quotes

Quick lines that are easy to remember and repeat.

1. "To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." — Oscar Wilde
2. "The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely." — Carl Jung
3. "Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will." — Suzy Kassem
4. "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." — Benjamin Spock
5. "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does." — William James
6. "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. "Self-love is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting." — William Shakespeare
8. "You is kind. You is smart. You is important." — Kathryn Stockett
9. "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line." — Lucille Ball
10. "Self-care is how you take your power back." — Lalah Delia

Self-worth quotes about self-acceptance

For making peace with who you are right now, not who you think you should be.

1. "You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." — Louise Hay
2. "The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." — Nathaniel Branden
3. "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." — Carl Rogers
4. "Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself." — Coco Chanel
5. "The greatest gift you can give anybody is your honest self." — Fred Rogers
6. "Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love." — Brené Brown
7. "You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously." — Sophia Bush
8. "To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself." — Thich Nhat Hanh
9. "Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself." — Nathaniel Branden
10. "Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward." — Roy T. Bennett

Self-worth quotes about not needing approval

For the days you catch yourself waiting on someone else to say you're okay.

1. "I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.'" — Maya Angelou
2. "Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others." — Lao Tzu
3. "When you say yes to others, make sure you are not saying no to yourself." — Paulo Coelho
4. "How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you." — Rupi Kaur
5. "Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have." — Robert Holden
6. "You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company." — Diane von Furstenberg
7. "Never dull your shine for somebody else." — Tyra Banks
8. "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." — Alice Walker
9. "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation." — Audre Lorde
10. "Don't let someone else's opinion of you become your reality." — Les Brown

Self-worth quotes for women

These self worth quotes for women speak to standing in your own value, from women who lived it.

1. "Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women." — Maya Angelou
2. "A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." — Melinda Gates
3. "When there are no ceilings, the sky's the limit." — Michelle Obama
4. "You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone." — Erin McKean
5. "A girl should be two things: who and what she wants." — Coco Chanel
6. "Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself." — Warsan Shire
7. "Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail." — Oprah Winfrey
8. "I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art." — Madonna
9. "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." — Amelia Earhart
10. "Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." — Nora Ephron

Self-worth quotes for hard days

Keep these close for the stretches when your worth is hard to feel.

1. "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." — Helen Keller
2. "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." — Maya Angelou
3. "Turn your wounds into wisdom." — Oprah Winfrey
4. "You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop." — Rumi
5. "Once you begin to take care of yourself, you become more attractive to yourself." — Louise Hay
6. "Owning our story can be hard, but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it." — Brené Brown
7. "We can do hard things." — Glennon Doyle
8. "Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." — A.A. Milne
9. "You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you." — Brian Tracy
10. "Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars." — Max Ehrmann

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Making a self-worth quote work

A quote helps most when you do more than read it. Pick one line that hit home, put it somewhere you'll see it each day, and say it to yourself on the mornings it's hardest to believe. The words you repeat slowly become the way you talk to yourself.

If you want a steadier sense of worth beyond a single line, Juliann Wiese, a master certified coach and one of our experts, writes about resilience in uncertainty, and our roundup of self-improvement apps covers tools that turn small daily reminders into a habit.