63 Most Inspiring Self Love Quotes That Will Empower You

“You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” ― Diane Von Furstenberg

“Self love is the source of all other loves.” ― Pierre Corneille

“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” ― Yogi Bhajan

“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right here.” ― Venus Williams

“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” ― Mary Dunbar

“Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.” ― Jean Vanier

”If you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self.” ― Wayne Dyer

“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” ― Aberjhani

“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.” ― C. JoyBell C

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” ― Sir Edmund Hillary

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ― William James

“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ― Louise L. Hay

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ― Jack Kornfield

“To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” ― Alan Cohen

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” ― Lucille ball

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” ― Shannon L. Alder

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” ― Mark twain

“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” ― Robert Morley

“Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.” ― Unknown

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ― Buddha

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.” ― Helen Keller

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When nobody celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.” ― Joel Osteen

“People who love themselves, don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.” ― Dan Pearce

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” ― George Eliot

“Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.” ― Thaddeus Golas

“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.” ― Rita Mae Brown

“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.” ― Denis Waitley

“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.” ― Oscar Wilde

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, cares enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” ― Jean Shinoda Bolen

“Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It is sanity.” ― Katrina Mayer

“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.” ― Rob Liano

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

“Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.” ― Tina Fey

“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.” ― Jean Shinoda Bolen

“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

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” ― Harvey Fierstein

“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.” ― Melanie Koulouris

“Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.” ― Carl Gustav Jung

“To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work.” ― Sister Mary Lauretta

“Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” ― Louise hay

“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” ― M. Scott Peck

“Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.” ― Rob Liano

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” ― Carl Gustav Jung

“Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” ― Louise L. Hay

“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.” ― Robert Hand

“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.” ― Sandra Bierig

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” ― Carl Gustav Jung

“All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” ― Bob Dylan

“There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.” ― Brian Andreas

“Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.” ― Dan Coppersmith

“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?” – Brigham Young

“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

“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

“Once you embrace your value, talents, and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.” ― Rob Liano

“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

“Becoming acquainted with yourself is a price well worth paying for the love that will really address your needs.” ― Daphne Rose Kingma

“You can’t build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.” ― Ram Dass

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” – Buddha

“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.” ― Deborah Day

Must Read

Related Articles