Taking care of your self-esteem and practicing self-love are among the most profound ways to achieve genuine happiness. The journey to loving others and spreading kindness begins with the crucial step of being kind to ourselves. Self-love is the purest form of love, and loving others starts with loving ourselves. However, it's not always easy to be kind and love yourself in a world that often emphasizes external validation. It's vital to turn inward and embrace our own worth. We've come up with some powerful quotes about self-love to inspire deep reflection and help elevate your self-esteem. Let these words serve as a gentle reminder that you are deserving of love and compassion, starting from within.
Best Self-Love Quotes
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.
Charlie Chaplin
How you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love youRupi Kaur - Milk and Honey
If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.
Charles Bukowski
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.
Bell Hooks - All About Love: New Visions
A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.
Haruki Murakami - 1Q84
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
Wildflower; pick up your pretty little head,
It will get easier, your dreams are not dead.Nikki Rowe
The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli - Life, the Truth, and Being Free
Maybe I made a mistake yesterday, but yesterday’s me is still me. I am who I am today, with all my faults. Tomorrow I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that’s me, too. These faults and mistakes are what I am, making up the brightest stars in the constellation of my life. I have come to love myself for who I was, who I am, and who I hope to become.
Kim Namjoon
Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.
Shannon L. Alder
I am so beautiful, sometimes people weep when they see me. And it has nothing to do with what I look like really, it is just that I gave myself the power to say that I am beautiful, and if I could do that, maybe there is hope for them too. And the great divide between the beautiful and the ugly will cease to be. Because we are all what we choose.
Margaret Cho
There’s no room for you in my life anymore. And I don’t owe it to you to make any space.
Taylor Jenkins Reid - Malibu Rising
To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone.
Soman Chainani - The Last Ever After
I can do this… I can start over. I can save my own life, and I’m never going to be alone as long as I have stars to wish on and people to still love.”
Jennifer Elisabeth - Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl
Motivational Self-Love Quotes
Don't sacrifice your own well-being to keep others whole.
I trust in the voice of my heart and the strength of my courage.
I cherish all the versions of myself that have shaped who I am today.
The best relationship you can have is a loving one with life itself.
Loving yourself can inspire others to embrace their own self-worth.
When I look in the mirror, I see someone to be proud of, both who I am and who I'm becoming.
Amidst the chaos and change, I've discovered that I am my greatest companion in this life.
Relatable Self-Love Quotes
Maybe she had it wrong all this time and her empty heart could never be filled by his ingenious broken spirit. Maybe this yearning had nothing to do with him, and everything to do with her.
Jamie Weise
She's happy with who she is. Maybe it's not the heteronormative dream that she grew up wishing for, but… knowing who you are and loving yourself is so much better than that, I think.
Alice Oseman - Loveless
She was perhaps too young to realize that what she assumed was her love for [him] was actually a tentative, timorous, acceptance of herself.
Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things
The only person who could save you and change your life is “You”.
Treat yourself like you would treat a child. Your inner child wants to be loved not mocked.
Become the adult you wanted to have as a kid!
My dreams are my sanctuary, the best place in the world where I find peace and inspiration.
She embodies strength, resilience, and courage, shining brightly through every challenge.
Like the sun, I may not always be visible to others, but my inner light never dims.
The most beautiful part of you is the one that lives inside, radiating love and kindness.
This Saturday, I cherish my own company, embracing the joy of being my own best friend.
True kindness begins within, nurturing our minds and hearts with love and compassion.
Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.
Deborah Day
Self-love is the elixir of an immortal heart.
Amy Leigh Mercree
