All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.
Ferdinand Mount

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.
James Buchan

But, clearly to me, what I've come to see is that that happened because I didn't have enough feelings of self-worth. So that I didn't feel that... I was worthy of being number one to a man.
Monica Lewinsky

Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.
George Weinberg

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
Virginia Satir

I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth.
Tatjana Patitz

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.
Jim Courier

Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
Wayne Dyer

When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a baby at 20 years old, so it wasn't just about me. At around the age of 30 there was a stretch where I wasn't working - certainly not on anything I liked, anyway - and I started to do other things.
Kiefer Sutherland

When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.
Dave Pelzer

When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Mark Victor Hansen

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
Elia Kazan