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90 You Are Worthy Quotes to Boost Your Confidence

The vibe or energy you put out is what you get back!

Think you are unworthy? Hold that thought long enough, and life will give you many unpleasant reasons to confirm your belief.

The good news is that you can put out positive thoughts (backed with strong positive feelings), and soon enough, the world around you will shift to reflect your optimism in the form of agreeable circumstances and outcomes.

If you struggle with low self-esteem and poor self-confidence, one of the best ways to alter that is to deliberately direct your thoughts toward messages emphasizing your true worth and worthiness.

To help you with that, here are some of the best you are worthy sayings and quotes you may want to inundate your mind with to get your confidence level up.

Best You Are Worthy Quotes and Sayings

  1. Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.” – Wayne Dyer
  2. “Worthy now. Not if. Not when. We are worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.” – Brené Brown
  3. “You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are!” – Eckhart Tolle
  4. “If you know your true worth, you do not need anyone else to confirm it.” – Alan Cohen
  5. “I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self love and self respect.” – Maya Angelou
  6. “Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” – Dorothy M. Neddermeyer
  7. “When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.” – Ace Antonio Hall
  8. “Self-worth is so vital to your happiness if you don’t feel good about yourself, it’s hard to feel good about anything else.” – Sandy Hale
  9. “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda
  10. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t ― you are right.” – Henry Ford
  11. “Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” – Les Brown
  12. “Why settle for a lesser vision? When you are destined for greatness!” – Lailah Gifty Akita
  13. “Remember, you’re not half of anything; you’re twice of everything.” – Viet Thanh Nguyen
  14. “Everyone is a star and deserves the right to twinkle.” – Marilyn Monroe
  15. “Convince yourself every day that you are worthy of a good life.” – Germany Kent
  16. “Never suppress your greatness just to fit in!” – Anneka Jordan
  17. “There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.” – Marianne Williamson
  18. “The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” – Dr. Sonya Friedman
  19. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha 
  20. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” – Brene Brown
  21. “Beethoven said that it’s better to hit the wrong note confidently than hit the right note unconfidently. Never be afraid to be wrong or to embarrass yourself; we are all students in this life, and there is always something more to learn.” – Mike Norton
  22. “Know your worth. People always act like they’re doing more for you than you’re doing for them.” – Kanye West
  23. “One of the most significant characteristics of healthy esteem is that it is the state of one who is not at war either with himself or with others.” – Nathaniel Branden
  24. “The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.” – Robert Hand
  25. “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
  26. “You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” – Brene Brown 
  27. “What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  28. “When they say the sky is the limit, to me, that is really true.” – Michael Jackson
  29. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  30. “I am not the moon orbiting around your planet; I am the sun that will burn through your frozen mind.” – Shannon L Alder

You Are Worthy Quotes on Worrying Less About People’s Opinion

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Sometimes the hardest part of building high self esteem and understanding our worthiness is worrying about the opinions of others. The following sayings highlight the true worth of strong people going through true worth life changes.

  1. “Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.” – Roy T. Bennett
  2. “You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  3. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” – Rumi 
  4. “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
  5. “The biggest and only critic lives in your perception of people’s perception of you rather than people’s perception of you.” – Criss Jami
  6. “Refuse to accept another’s estimation of yourself.” – Alison Stormwolf
  7. “To anyone that ever told you you’re no good, they’re no better.” – Hayley Williams
  8. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  9. “Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am, and who I wanna be.” – Avril Lavigne
  10. “If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.” – Tim Fargo
  11. “When someone tells you it can’t be done, it’s more a reflection of their limitation, not yours.” – Lucy Marie
  12. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
  13. “Your greatness is revealed not by the lights that shine upon you, but by the light that shines within you.” – Ray A. Davis
  14. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” – Mark Twain
  15. “Being unafraid of not being liked is the best way to be like.” – Ines de la Fressange
  16. “Always remember that you were once alone, and the crowd you see in your life today is just as necessary as when you were alone.” – Michael Bassey Johnson
  17. “The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.” – Henrik Ibsen

You Are Worthy Quotes to Build Confidence

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  1. “The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.” – Blake Lively
  2. “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” – Peter T. Mcintyre
  3. “One of life’s best lessons was not being afraid to look foolish ― to just ask the question.” – Melissa Senate
  4. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” – Dr. Seuss
  5. “Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt
  6. “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
  7. “Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller
  8. “With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” – Dalai Lama
  9. “I think that power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.” – Robert Downey
  10. “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” – Madonna 
  11. “You won’t ever build your confidence from a perception of lack. As it grows and evolves from realizing who you are and what you already have.” – Rasheed Ogunlaru
  12. “Low self-esteem is like driving through life with the handbrake on.” – Maxwell Maltz
  13. “You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” – Zig Ziglar
  14. “What defines you isn’t how many times you crash but the number of times you get back.” – Sarah Dessen
  15. “Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.” – J. K. Rowling
  16. “The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it.” – Jerry Gillies
  17. “When you refuse to settle for less than the best, the best tends to track you down.” – Mandy Hale
  18. “The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.” – Thomas Merton
  19. “You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.” – Lou Holtz
  20. “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” – Michelangelo Buonarroti
  21. “Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.” – Samuel Johnson
  22. “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
  23. “Think like a queen ― a queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” – Oprah
  24. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you’ve imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
  25. “Most people just want to see you fall; that’s more reason to stand tall.” – Emma Michelle

You Are Worthy Quotes on Believing in Yourself

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  1. “Beauty has many forms, and I think the most beautiful thing is confidence and loving yourself.” – Kiesza 
  2. “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
  3. “If you believe in yourself, you can reach everything you want.” – Kees Broos
  4. “What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.” – Henry David Thoreau
  5. “Listen to your heart above all other voices.” – Marta Kagan
  6. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  7. “Your most important sale is to sell yourself to yourself.” – Maxwell Maltz
  8. “If I am not for myself, who will be?” – Pirke Avoth
  9. “Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – Christopher Robin
  10. “Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worthy of the trip.” – Glenn Beck
  11. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Dr. Benjamin Spock
  12. “Don’t belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.” – Corita Kent
  13. “Believing in yourself is an endless destination; believing that you have failed is the end of your journey.” – Sarah Merideth
  14. “Believe in yourself, and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe you.” – Cynthia Kersey
  15. “Know your worth, hold your own power, be you.” – Morgan Harper Nichols
  16. “To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.” – Criss Jami
  17. “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
  18. “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

I’ll leave you with this quick suggestion: write out or print as many you are worthy quotes that stand out in the above list and place them where you can frequently see them for encouragement.

This way, the messages will gradually seep into your subconscious mind and increase your confidence without much conscious effort.

Alternatively, consider bookmarking this page so you can easily find it whenever you want to give your confidence a boost!

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