You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being - not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money - but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.
Interpretation
Your worth is intrinsic and not dependent on external validation or success.
Wayne Dyer emphasizes that self-worth is inherent and not contingent upon external factors such as approval from others, success, or material wealth. It is a conscious decision to recognize one's own value that defines a person's sense of worth, encouraging individuals to cultivate self-acceptance and inner confidence without relying on outside validation.
In practice
In a motivational speech on self-acceptance, you could use this quote to encourage listeners to value themselves.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.
Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
When we are working at something, we come down from our high logical horse and sniff around with our nose to the ground. Then we obliterate our traces in order to become more God-like.
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.
I don't have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it the better.
Solvitur ambulando . . . it is solved by walking.
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