True self-worth, like true religion, is revealed.

"Remember that self esteem and self worth are different things.

"Our value stays secure and our value is always tremendous regardless of how others choose to esteem us at different times in our lives.

"True self-worth, like true religion, is revealed.

"An understanding of our true identities comes from the same source all truth comes from—God... As surely as Joseph did, each of us needs a pillar of light—a clear picture of God, our relationship to him, and the knowledge that what we are doing is in accordance with His will for us. Esteem will increase as we realize our eternal worth. 

"Look in the eyes of your Father in Heaven. That’s where you can see a true reflection of who you are eternally...when we look in God’s eyes we see our problems and our faults just as we see our strengths. But the key is that we see a clear reflection. We see a picture we can trust. Then we can go about fixing the faults, capitalizing on the strengths, but we have a clear picture of who we are.....Let’s begin to esteem ourselves according to the true value we see in his eyes.

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"George D. Durrant wrote, “What someone else thinks about me is not the driving force for me that it once was” (My Best Day So Far, Bookcraft, p. 53). That is the point that we must all reach—making self-esteem less horizontal (relying on the input and influence of others) and more vertical (relying on the input and influence of God).

"A bishop on BYU campus, Thomas E. Myers, said, “Young people with low self-esteem are in a downward cycle. Service is the cycle breaker. As they become so busy serving and blessing and healing others, they will not even notice that they are being blessed and healed themselves.” As we help to raise a healthy concern for others in [our] lives, we diminish the effects of...unhealthy concern for self. "

"Building Self Esteem in Our Children and Ourselves" Brad Wilcox, Families Under Fire 2002