our worth QUOTES

1 " ‗In life, at sometime or another we come to a point where all relationships cease—where there is only us and Allah. There are no parents, brother or sister, or any friend. Then we realise that there is no earth under us nor is there sky above, but only Allah who is supporting us in this emptiness. Then we realise our worth – it is not more than a grain of sand or the leaf of a plant. Then we realise our existence is only confined to our being. Our demise makes not a whit of difference to the world around us, nor to the scheme of things. "

― Umera Ahmed , پیر کامل (Peer-e-Kamil, #1)

2 " The most destructive thing we can possibly do in life is to make another person doubt his worth and identity as a child of God. The very most productive thing we can do is to help ourselves and others realize that as children of God, our worth is infinite. "

― Toni Sorenson

3 " When we remember our identity in Christ, it changes the way we see these relationships because we no longer base our worth on the approval of others but the approval we have already received from our Father through the work of His son. "

― Amy E. Spiegel , Letting Go of Perfect: Women, Expectations, and Authenticity

4 " [Women] are conditioned to ever prove ourselves, as if our value is contingent on our ability to meet the expectations of others. As if our worth is a tank forever draining that we must fill and fill. We complete tasks and in some half-buried way believe that if we don’t, we will be discredited. Sometimes, this is true. But here is a question: Do you want to be a reliable source of literary art (or whatever writing you do), or of prompt emails? "

― Melissa Febos

5 " Because the culture we breathe and work in rushes against rest. It equates our worth with production and wealth and fame. The more we work toward those goals, the more society assigns us worth. "

― Mary E. DeMuth , Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus

6 " Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own. "

7 " The heart easily commends and condemns itself, depending on our wave like performance. That is why we must base our worth in Jesus alone. "

― Alisa Hope Wagner , Eve of Awakening (The Onoma Series Book 1)

8 " The NFL determines your worth as a player, but only God knows your true worth. Players work long and hard through pain and suffering, injuries, and pushing themselves further than they imagined going—then poof ! A dream is gone. That kind of treatment can really mess with one’s self worth. Getting cut can be deemed a failure, the loss of a lifetime goal.
Thankfully, as Christians our worth is not determined by mistakes we’ve made, either accidentally or by stupid stuff we’ve purposely done. Neither is it determined by what anyone else thinks. Our worth is determined by what Jesus Christ has already done. "

― Jake Byrne , First and Goal: What Football Taught Me About Never Giving Up

9 " The death of our self-worth begins at its appraisal, for such an action erroneously implies that our worth can be quantified. "

― Craig D. Lounsbrough

10 " Moses needed to learn that God was Jehovah-tsidkenu—the One who is righteous and the source of true acceptance. The staff was symbolic of Moses’ life. God was asking him to let go of it—to give complete control to him. When Moses picked it up, it was no longer his life but the very life of God…Just like Moses, until we yield control of our lives to Jesus Christ, it is impossible to see ourselves through God’s eyes. Try as we may, we will never see our worth through accomplishments or the opinions of others. (from Under His Wings: Healing Truth for Adoptees of All Ages) "

― Beth Willis Miller , Under His Wings...healing truth for adoptees of all ages

11 " [Present over perfect is] about rejecting the myth that every day is a new opportunity to prove our worth, and about the truth that our worth is inherent, given by God, not earned by our hustling. "

― Shauna Niequist , Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

12 " What we earn isn't our worth. Our worth is so much more "

13 " We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has. "

― Marianne Williamson

14 " Knowing ourselves is knowing our worth in the eyes of God. That’s why the number one thought we cannot fail to think and believe is that He loves us. Always. No matter what. "

― Toni Sorenson , Aligned With Christ

15 " Deep down in all of us there is a tendency to want to prove ourselves, to base our worth on what we do. "

― Tim Chester , You Can Change: God's Transforming Power for Our Sinful Behavior and Negative Emotions

16 " By nature, we want to be liked. We want to be accepted. But, most of the time, we allow our worth to be decided by the people on the sidelines. By people that see snapshots of our life but have no clue what the whole picture looks like. "

― Liz Newman