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Love is a universal phenomenon. You can give it, you can receive it, and make people’s lives a lot better and complete with it. But what happens when you combine both giving and receiving parts? You achieve something that will allow you to share positive feelings at an even greater scale. Combining these elements can prove to be quite hard though. And that’s why we gathered a collection of self-love quotes, to help you see the value in yourself.
Love can be a complicated thing. As well as its form directed towards yourself. So what is self-love? It’s the ability to appreciate yourself, without being too critical of your mistakes or external circumstances that are putting you down. It’s putting your happiness and well-being before the satisfaction of others. And these love-yourself-first quotes will help you take the first step toward appreciating your own heart.
If you ever wondered what might be some good quotes about loving yourself, this list is here for your service. There are a lot of different forms of self-love, however, there are enough words here for every case. From simple heartwarming sayings to direct at yourself, to profound and inspiring quotes about self-love that will touch you deep in your heart.
So without any further ado, dig into this list of self-love quotes. We hope it will allow you to discover affection for yourself and come closer to understanding just what self-love is. Also, make sure to share the positivity you find here with those around you, as love is something that should be given to everyone, with no intention of receiving a reward.
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#4
“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” — Louise L. Hay
#6
“Be single and save yourself for a relationship that motivates you to become the best version of yourself. Be single until you find a love that resembles the type of love you’ve been fighting for.” — r.h. Sin
#7
“To me, it’s that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy.” — Goldie Hawn
#8
“Everyone one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.” — Diana, Princess of Wales
#9
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown
#10
“When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs, and habits–anything that kept me small. My judgment called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.” — Kim McMillen
#12
“Just do what works for you, because there will always be somebody who thinks differently.” — Michelle Obama
#13
“I think no matter what you look like, the key first of all is to be happy with yourself. And then you know if you want to improve things you don’t like about yourself, then do it after you appreciate yourself.” — Adele
#14
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha
#18
“No other love no matter how genuine it is can fulfill one’s heart better than unconditional self-love.” — Edmond Mbiaka
#21
“The things that make me different are the things that make me.” — Winnie the Pooh, A. A. Milne
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#22
“A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” — Haruki Murakami
#23
“We do not have the right to feel helpless. We must help ourselves. After destiny has delivered what it delivers, we are responsible for our lives.” — Cheryl Strayed
#24
“In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.” ― Andréa Dykstra
#26
“If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.” — Barbara De Angelis
#28
“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” — Robert Holden
#33
“Don’t fall into the trap of sacrificing your self-esteem for affection and acceptance.” — Ashley Graham
#35
“One of the most important things you can accomplish is just being yourself.” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
#36
“A lot of times we are angry at other people for not doing what we should have done for ourselves.” — Rupi Kaur
#38
“Self-love—it doesn’t mean that everyone will treat you the way you deserve to be treated. It means that you won’t let them change the way you see yourself; nor will you stick around for them to destroy you.” — Tony A. Gaskins Jr.
#39
“Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” — Louise Hay
#43
“You are good enough to make whatever you want to achieve possible. You just need to find your talent and passion, then put a heck a lot of work into it.” — Ashley Graham
#44
“Being comfortable in your own skin is one of the most important things to achieve. I’m still working on it!” — Kate Mara
#46
“As hard as it is, owning who you are and knowing what you want is the only sure path to affirmation... I want women to know they can get out of any situation if they return to their core source of strength: themselves.” — Ashley Graham
#47
“Scarcity of self-value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence.” — Gary Zukav
#50
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” — Mark Twain
#51
“Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.” — Princess Diana
#52
“Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you’re most beautiful.” — Zoë Kravitz
#55
“True self-care is not bath salts and chocolate cake, it’s making the choice to build a life you don’t need to escape from.” — Brianna Wiest
#56
“When you say ‘yes’ to others make sure you are not saying ‘no’ to yourself.” — Paulo Coelho
#57
“I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody.” — Louis L’Amour
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#60
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” — Lucille Ball
#61
“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right here.” — Venus Williams
#65
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.” — Brené Brown
#67
“No one can rescue me. I know because I’ve already tried to get them to do it. It doesn’t work. This is all on me.” — Michelle D’Avella
#69
“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
#70
“Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.” — Cheryl Strayed
#71
“Learn to be alone without being lonely. Learn to admire your beauty without finding fault. Learn to love yourself without the love of others.”
#73
“Love yourself when you’re tired. Love yourself when you’re weak. Love yourself when you’re confused. Love yourself when you’re broken. Love yourself when you’re restored.”
#74
“In stressful times, it’s okay to not be perfect. Cut yourself some slack. Because right now, you might not be your best self, but you are growing and you are trying your best. And that is good enough.” — Ashley Hetherington
#76
“Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
#79
“I try to keep it real. I don’t have time to worry about what I’m projecting to the world. I’m just busy being myself.” — Demi Lovato
#80
“I didn’t feel sad or happy. I didn’t feel proud or ashamed. I only felt that in spite of all the things I’d done wrong, in getting myself here, I’d done right.” — Cheryl Strayed
#82
“When life puts you in touchy situations, don’t say, ‘Why me?’ Just say, ‘Try me.’” — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
#83
“She never needed to be saved. She only wanted to be loved the correct way. She wasn’t looking for a hero. All she wanted was someone she could trust outside of herself.” — r.h. Sin
#84
“I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.” — Maya Angelou
#87
“Why do I have to be like everyone else? Why can’t people just let other people feel good about themselves and do what they want? Wear whatever you want people! As long as you feel good about yourself that’s what matters. Don’t ever let anyone stifle who you are and how you express yourself.” — Arielle Winter
#89
“I was once afraid of people saying ‘Who does she think she is?’ Now I have the courage to stand and say, ‘This is who I am.’” — Oprah Winfrey
#90
“I’m not going to apologize for who I am and I’m going to actually love the skin that I’m in. I’m not gonna be striving for some other version of myself.” — Amy Schumer
#93
“Don’t forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally.” — Hannah Bronfman
#94
“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
#96
“Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It’s about accepting all of yourself.” — Tyra Banks
#97
“If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don’t love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that.” — Gisele Bündchen
#98
“You don’t have to change who you are for anyone: if you are your regular, authentic, confident self, then you can push to do whatever you want.” — Marsai Martin
#99
“Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one’s self.” — Priscilla Presley
#100
“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” — Dr. Maya Angelou
#102
“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
#103
“The real difficulty in self-love is combating the inner critic who goes against our own wishes by challenging our own beliefs. You know you’re worthy of love, but the critic keeps reminding you of the past pain that you can’t let go of.”
#106
“If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” — Michele Ruiz
#107
“She will rise. With a spine of steel and a roar like thunder, she will rise.” — Nicole Lyons
#108
“You are not your mistakes. They are what you did. Not who you are.” — Lisa Lieberman-Wang
#109
“Accepting yourself only as long as you look a certain way isn’t self love, it’s self destruction.” — Laci Green
#110
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
#112
“This is not the moment to wilt into the underbrush of your insecurities. You’ve earned the right to grow. You’re going to have to carry the water yourself.” —Cheryl Strayed
#114
“They will try to make you unhappy, don’t let them. They will try to tell you you’re not free, don’t listen.”
#115
“People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.” — Dan Pearce
#116
“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.” — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
#117
“Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.” — Les Brown
#118
“You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” — Diane von Furstenberg
#119
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” — Eckhart Tolle
#122
“One day I woke up and realized I was not made for anyone. I was made for me. I am my own.”
#123
“It’s really about changing the conversation. It’s not about perfection. It’s about purpose. We have to care about our bodies and what we put in them. Women have to take the time to focus on their mental health—take time for themselves, for the spiritual, without feeling guilty or selfish. The world will see you the way you see you, and treat you the way you treat yourself.” — Beyoncé
#124
“My heart is beating, and I’m breathing, and nothing anybody has ever done has changed that.” — Rupi Kaur
#125
“Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Fall in love with the path of deep healing. Fall in love with becoming the best version of yourself but with patience, with compassion, and respect to your own journey.” — S. McNutt
#127
“I am what I am. I can’t help myself and if you don’t like it get with somebody else.” — Jonas Brothers
#131
“I used to be bound by people who placed limits on what they thought I could do. Through that, I learned that if you want something, you have to be the one to go out and do it. If you don’t ask for something, you’re not going to get it.” — Ashley Graham
#137
“Let it go, let it leave, let it happen. Nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway.” — Rupi Kaur
#141
“It is interesting how often we can’t see all the ways in which we are being strong.” — Lena Dunham
#142
“If we treated ourselves as well as we treated our best friend, can you imagine?” — Meghan Markle
#143
“Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” — Anna Taylor
#144
“Nobody is perfect. I just don’t believe in perfection. But I do believe in saying, ‘This is who I am, and look at me not being perfect!’ I’m proud of that.” — Kate Winslet
#145
“I just wanted to remind you, in case you needed to hear it, to be kind and loving to yourself, and talk to yourself like you would talk to your best friend.” — Camila Cabello
#147
“Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
#148
“You are free, you are powerful, you are good, you are love, you have value you have a purpose. All is well.” — Abraham Hicks
#150
“Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you, who you are.” — Beyoncé
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