quotes about love yourself

quotes about love yourself, Self-love is essential for a fulfilling life. It means treating yourself with kindness, compassion, and respect… creating a foundation of emotional well-being that supports all areas of your life. Practicing self-love allows you to develop a more positive self-image, better appreciate your strengths, and accept your weaknesses. You approach challenges with confidence and optimism, and you become more resilient, compassionate, and confident. Here you will find quotes about love yourself, short self-love quotes, inspirational quotes on self love, quotes on self respect and love, self love affirmations.

quotes about love yourself

Here is a list of some beautiful quotes about love yourself :

quotes about love yourself

• “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”—Charles Bukowski
• “Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.”—Parker Palmer
• “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”―Shannon L. Alder
• “It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.”―Eartha Kitt
• “It is interesting how often we can’t see all the ways in which we are being strong.”—Lena Dunham
• “Self love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.”―Beau Taplin
• “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”—Buddha
• “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”―Sylvia Plath
• “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”—Mark Twain
• “Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire.”—Rumi
• “I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”—Brené Brown
• “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”—Beyoncé
• “Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”—George R.R. Martin
• “Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made.”—Orison Swett Marden
• “The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.”—E.E Cummings
• “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”—J.K. Rowling
• “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”—George Bernard Shaw
• “This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.”—Voltaire
• “If you’re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it’s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that’s really not an ingredient for a happy life.”—Anne Hathaway
• “And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”—Rumi
• “My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”―Anaïs Nin
• “There is you and you. This is a relationship. This is the most important relationship.”―Nayyirah Waheed
• “Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.”―M. Scott Peck
• “I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.”—Maya Angelou
• “When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.”—Solange Knowles
• “Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”—William Shakespeare
• “For me, self-love is like, ‘Am I sleeping enough? Eating well?’ Not: ‘Am I eating well to be able to fit into my skinny jeans?’ But: ‘Am I eating well to be healthy and strong?’ And to acknowledge the good, because there is always a lot of good.” —Kerry Washington
• “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”— Marcus Garvey
• “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”—Carl Gustav Jung
• “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”—Abraham Lincoln
• “Be the love you never received.” – Rune Lazuli
• “I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side.” – Dr. Maya Angelou
• “I know what I bring to the table… so trust me when I say I’m not afraid to eat alone.” – Unknown
• “Be loud about the things that are important to you.” – Karen Walrond
• “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott
• “As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know this is ‘authenticity.’” – Charlie Chaplin
• “Start healing your heart and you will look beautiful.” – Alexandra Vasiliu
• “Love yourself more, you’ll never regret it.” – Ann Marie Molina
• “Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” – Mark Twain
• “Don’t compare your life to others, there’s no comparison between the sun and the moon, they both shine when it’s their time.” – Unknown

short self-love quotes

• “Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again.” – Lalah Delia
• “Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” – Louise L. Hay
• “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
• “Until you get comfortable being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.” – Mandy Hales
• “Replace the word ‘spend’ with ‘invest’ in your vocabulary and notice how it impacts your everyday decisions.” – Randy Thio
• “When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy.” – Kim McMillen
• “Life is too short to spend another day at war with yourself.” – Rita Ghatourey
• “You’re always one decision away from a totally different life.” – Unknown
• “Be silly. Be fun. Be different. Be crazy. Be you, because life is too short to be anything but happy.” – Unknown
• “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

inspirational quotes on self love

• “You are what you believe yourself to be.” – Paulo Coelho
• “As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drewn me down and away from myself.” – Charlie Chaplin
• “Don’t allow yourself to think that toxic love is the best love you can ever have.” – Khalilah Velez
• “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.” – Maya Angelou
• “Love is about becoming the right person. Don’t look for the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, become the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.” – Neil Strauss
• “The worst outcome in this world is not having self esteem. If you don’t love yourself, who will?” – Naval Ravikant
• “Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.” – Wilfred Peterson
• “Choose, everyday, to forgive yourself. You are human, flawed, and most of all worthy of love.” – Alison Malee
• “Learn to love yourself enough to be happy in your own company, not needing to use anyone as an escape.” – Samantha Camargo
• “And I said to my body, ‘I want to be your friend.’ It took a long breath. And replied, ‘I have been waiting my whole life for this.” – Nayyirah Waheed 

quotes on self respect and love

• “Self love, self respect, self worth… there is a reason they all start with ‘self’. You can’t find them in anyone else.”– Dr. Anne Brown
• “I will not be another flower, picked for my beauty and left to die. I will be wild, difficult to find, and impossible to forget.” – Erin Van Vuren
• “The respect you show to others (or lack thereof) is an immediate reflection on your self respect.” – Alex Elle
• “You are good enough. You do deserve good things. You are smart enough. You are worthy of love and respect.” – Lorri Faye
• “It is the highest form of self respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.” – Dale Turner
• “Know your worth. You must find the courage to leave the table if respect is no longer being served.” – Tene Edwards
• “Their opinions are not your oxygen.” – Curtis Tyrone Jones
• “All relationships are a reflection of your relationship with yourself.” – Deepak Chopra
• “I’ve learned that if someone threatens my peace of mind, self-respect, or self-worth… I must walk away. I owe it to myself… I owe it to my future.” – Steve Maraboli
• “Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.” – Miguel Angel Ruiz

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self love affirmations

• “Talk to yourself like someone you love.” – Brené Brown
• “Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always.” – Maryam Hasnaa
• “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”
• “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”—Eleanor Roosevelt
• “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.”—Rupi Kaur
• “Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.”—Warsan Shire
• “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”―Madonna
• “Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”―Deborah Day
• “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”—Confucius
• “Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It’s about accepting all of yourself.”—Tyra Banks
• “It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.”—Sally Field
• “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.”—Robert Morely
• “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”—Marilyn Monroe
• “Just do what works for you, because there will always be somebody who thinks differently.”—Michelle Obama
• “You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful.”―Jasmine Warga
• “Choose, everyday, to forgive yourself. You are human, flawed, and most of all worthy of love.”—Alison Malee
• “The same light you see in others is shining within you, too.”—Morgan Harper Nichols
• “Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and work hard. The right people—the ones who really belong in your life—will come to you. And stay.”—Will Smith
• “Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.”—Queen Latifah
• “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Shout loud, ‘I am lucky to be what I am!…’”—Dr. Seuss
• “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”—André Gide
• “When you say ‘yes’ to others make sure you are not saying ‘no’ to yourself.”—Paulo Coelho
• “You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.”—Deepak Chopra
• “Tell yourself how wonderful you are, how great you are. Tell yourself how much you love yourself.”—Don Miguel Ruiz
• “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”—Dolly Parton
• “Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”—Tina Fey
• “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”—Henry Thoreau
• “Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.”―Suzy Kassem
• “You change the world by being yourself.” —Yoko Ono
• “I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”—Walt Whitman
• “Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.”—Deborah Day
• “You’ve got to love yourself first. You’ve got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.”— Jennifer Lopez
• “Treat yourself like someone you love.”―Glennon Doyle
• “Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”—Louise L. Hay