120 Empowering Self-Love Quotes to Use as Affirmations
These sayings will help you on your journey to finding and keeping your inner love.
What’s the most important relationship in your life? You might answer with a partner, a family member, or a friend — but the real answer is that the most important relationship you will ever have is with yourself. After all, there is nobody you’ll spend more time with! Too many people neglect their own self-love, feeling like they aren’t deserving of it or that it’s bragging to say you love yourself. We’re here to tell you that’s totally not true! You are the most deserving of your own love, simply by being you. Go ahead and embrace it!
If you struggle with doubt, anxiety, shame, or anything else, that’s okay. Self-love can be a journey, but the best time to start is now. Accepting your flaws and recognizing your strengths can transform your life. These self-love quotes are perfect both for when you’re already feeling yourself or for when you need a little reminder to keep your head high. Pair them with a self-love book and some self-care ideas to really work on embracing yourself. Over time, you’ll see that you feel stronger, more confident, and overall happier — which is what you deserve!
E. Russell
"Keep watering yourself. You’re growing."
André Gide
"Be faithful to that which exists within yourself."
Beyoncé
"It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else’s job to take care of me but me."
bell hooks
“One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others.”
Brené Brown
"Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others."
E. E. Cummings
“The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.”
Chelsie Diane
"Your only job is to be your truest self."
M. Scott Peck
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”
Cheryl Richardson
"Think thoughts that make you feel good, make choices that make you feel good, and take actions that make you feel good."
Mary Dunbar
“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.”
Edmond Mbiaka
"No other love, no matter how genuine it is, can fulfill one’s heart better than unconditional self-love."
Rune Lazuli
“Be the love you never received.”
Fred Rodgers
"If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."
Rupi Kaur
“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.”
Kate Winslet
"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."
Sanhita Baruah
“Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there’s one person who never ceased to love you – yourself.”
Kim Guerra
"Be a master at loving yourself and people will follow."
Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
Louise Hay
"Until you love yourself, you will never know who you really are and you won’t know what you’re really capable of."
Alan Cohen
“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.”
Karla Pope is a longtime writer, editor and blogger with more than two decades of editorial experience. She’s written for a variety of outlets including Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, Travel + Leisure, Tripadvisor, People, Parade and more. Her coverage includes travel, lifestyle, entertainment and wellness content. When she's not exploring the world with her family, you can find her curled up on the couch watching a documentary and eating gummy bears.
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