Bart Millard Quotes

I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't.

Nobody is more worthy of love in the entire universe than you. I wish I had reminded myself of that more.

I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

I think that the most difficult thing is allowing yourself to be loved, so receiving the love and feeling like you deserve it is a pretty big struggle. I suppose that's what I've learnt recently, to allow myself to be loved.

I don't think I am narcissistic. I think I have low self-esteem.

Much protective self-criticism stems from growing up around people who wouldn't or couldn't love you, and it's likely they still can't or won't. In general, however, the more you let go of the tedious delusion of your own unattractiveness, the easier it will be for others to connect with you, and the more accepted you'll feel.

I had low self-esteem. I just really wanted attention and love from somebody.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

I'm not sure I'm very confident at all. There was a lot of my life when I thought I was fundamentally unlovable.

Paper Doll' is about being bullied, and about having someone in your life who is constantly trying to put you down, and trying to make you feel like you are not good enough being who you are.

The idea that you're hard to love is ludicrous.

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.

I don't always understand my worth.

I love myself, the way I look, my body, but sometimes I can't help but feel insecure.

It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

When I see that my geek may have contained some of the best parts of me, when I love and appreciate him, I set my children free to see themselves as lovable however they are.

I'm not a beautiful person and I never have been.

I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.

I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.

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.