35 Know Your Worth Quotes for Women

Feb 05. 2024

I want to put an end to the era of low self-esteem for you, girl! It’s time for us to break free from the pattern of allowing others to step over us, dispel the misconception that love equates to people-pleasing, and liberate ourselves from these limiting beliefs. Let’s inspire ourselves with these know your worth quotes.

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How it All Starts

From the start of our lives, we become reliant on external validation. We enjoy being praised and want it to keep coming. As children, we depend on our parents and close family, and based on what we receive from them, our self-worth either gets built and reinforced or shattered into pieces.

Encouragement, praise, and positive reinforcement contribute to the development of a healthy self-esteem. On the other hand, constant criticism or neglect can lead a child to seek external validation to compensate for a lack of internal affirmation.

There has never been a child on this planet who didn’t receive criticism or neglect from their family, some on a daily basis. A lack of acknowledgment or excessive criticism can lead to a persistent need for external validation.

We enter adulthood with these wounds and mechanisms that helped us survive, and right now, these mechanisms no longer serve us. Once we realise that it was the child within us, hurt and neglected, that makes us feel like we’re not enough, we gain the perspective and power to change that and work on new mechanisms that will serve us better in the current stage of life.

The Thing About External Validation

Once we take this personal responsibility to work on our issues, the world is our oyster. It might seem scary at first because nobody will help us to achieve that. All self-love, self-worth, self-esteem – they begin with “self”, which means it’s up to us.

But it’s also very empowering. Knowing that such an important issue for us lies within us. Only you can control it!

You can either allow people’s words to hurt you, or you can choose to not assign them any meaning and not take it into your heart at all. It’s quite simple and requires only you and your internal dialogue, which will help you process your emotions about what others said or your feeling of inadequacy. Read Know your worth quotes to improve that.

When we seek external validation from the world and get it, it will last only for a couple of days. Then, we will need another set of praises to keep us going. That’s because it builds motivation that is external. Once you work on seeing your own worth and being your own best friend/link, it will never expire because its source is always within you – it’s you.

Self-discipline is an act of self-love of a person who knows her worth.

Why Read These Quotes

We project our self-perceived value to the world.

Everything we believe about ourselves will be projected, and that includes our confidence as well as insecurities. We literally hold the key to how others will see us, treat us, and love us. Isn’t this empowering?

What do I mean by that? Some say that people can only love you as much as you love yourself. This is because we love people who are strong and take care of themselves – it shows their high standards. It feels validating: if this person has so much regard for themselves and they chose us, then we are special too.

A woman who loves and prioritises herself is a magnet for a man because she will never cease being a challenge. She will call him out on his BS and will never be fully his, keeping him on his toes, because she will leave if her high standards are not met. Men respect such women a lot, and for a man, love starts with respect.

In a world that will constantly try to put you down, you can be your own cheerleader and best friend. We attract what we think we deserve, so dare to aim for bigger things for your wonderful self.

Quotes to Inspire Your Self-Perceived Value and Worth

Read these know your worth quotes and write down the ones that resonate with you the most to read them often. 🙂

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

Stephen Chbosky

“The moment you feel like you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.”

Alysia Harris

“It’s not what you are that holds you back, it’s what you think you are not.”

Denis Waitley

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”

GMark Twain

“Don’t undervalue yourself. God created you, and He doesn’t make mistakes.”

Joel Osteen

“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.”

Matty Mullins

“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your inner worth.”

Ted Rubin

“If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.”

Jean Sibelius

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

Maya Angelou

“Know your worth and add tax.”

Unknown

“Self-worth is the foundation of any mental health.”

Edmond Mbiaka

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

Oprah Winfrey

“Don’t settle for anyone who doesn’t see your worth. The person who really deserves you is the one who thinks they don’t.”

Unknown

“Your value will be not what you know, it will be what you share.”

Ginni Rometty

“Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself.”

Wayne Dyer

“Self-respect, self-worth, and self-love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.”

Rob Liano

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”

Marilyn Monroe

“There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.”

Tara Brach

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”

Mark Twain

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”

C.G.Jung

“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.”

Rupi Kaur

“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

“Forgive yourself for accepting less than you deserve. But don’t do it again.”

Unknown

“You must find the courage to leave the table if respect is no longer being served.”

Tene Edwards

“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.”

Maxwell Maltz

“Once you know your worth, no one can make you feel worthless.”

Rashida Rowe

“Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you.”

Steve Maraboli

“Your value is the product of your thoughts. Do not miscalculate your self-worth by multiplying your insecurities.”

Dodinsky

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

William Shakespeare

“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”

George R.R. Martin

“Strong women don’t have attitudes, they have standards.”

Marilyn Monroe

“Strong women don’t have attitudes, they have standards.”

Marilyn Monroe

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

Eleanor Roosevelt

“I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the very best in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it.”

Dr Louise Hay

Conclusion

As we explored these know your worth quotes, understanding and embracing your self-worth is a transformative journey that begins by acknowledging the impact of external validation on our lives, starting from childhood. As we navigate through life, the realisation that self-love, self-worth, and self-esteem originate within us empowers us to take control of our narrative.

External validation, though momentarily satisfying, is fleeting. However, by becoming our own cheerleader and best friend, we create an enduring source of self-worth.

The know your worth quotes shared in this post serve as reminders to inspire and uplift, reinforcing the idea that knowing our worth is a fundamental step towards building confidence and navigating life with resilience. So, dare to aim for bigger things, embrace your wonderful self, and let your self-perceived value shine bright.

You are deserving of all the love and respect that you give to yourself.

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