These Self-Love Quotes to Remind Yourself How Great You Are

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Need a pep talk? We've got you covered. Whether you're feeling down or are looking for a daily mantra, it can be helpful to have a few quotes about self love in your back pocket. We’ve compiled wise words from famous writers and thinkers here in this handy list of self-love quotes. Many are short enough to write on a sticky note and hang on your computer monitor or bathroom mirror. Find inspiration in these meaningful self-care quotes, mental health quotes, nature quotes, and gratitude quotes.

No matter how confident we feel, we all need words of affirmation from time to time. So look in the mirror like SNL character Stewart Smalley and say, "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!" Or try one of these 100 quotes to remind you how awesome you are.

Inspirational Self-Love Quotes

1. "Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves." –Diana, Princess of Wales

2. "When you make a mistake, respond to yourself in a loving way rather than a self-shaming way." –Ellie Holcomb

3. "Take heart, gentle soul, you may not be like the rest of them, but you are still whole." –Morgan Harper Nichols

4. "This life is mine alone. So I have stopped asking people for directions to places they've never been." –Glennon Doyle

5. "A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." –Mark Twain

6. "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

7. "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

8. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." –Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. "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

10. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." –Buddha

Famous Self-Love Quotes

1. "Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure." –Oprah Winfrey

2. "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

3. "Once you've accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you." –George R.R. Martin

4. "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

5. "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

6. "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
   

7. "My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent." –Ruth Bader Ginsburg

8. "Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do." –Brené Brown

9. "The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else." –E.E. Cummings

10. "It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes." –Sally Field

Short Self-Love Quotes

1. "You were born to be real, not to be perfect." –Unknown

2. "Be faithful to that which exists within yourself." –André Gide

3. "Only love today. Be kind to yourself." –Rachel Macy Stafford (from Hands Free Mama)

4. "Stand up for who you are. Respect yourself and ignite the divine sparks in you." –Amit Ray

5. "Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand brake on." –Maxwell Maltz

6. "To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness." –Robert Morley

7. "How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you." –Rupi Kaur

8. "If you have the ability to love, love yourself first." –Charles Bukowsk

9. "You are enough just as you are." –Meghan Markle

10. "Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity." –Katrina Mayer

11. "The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself." –Maya Angelou

12. "Relationship status: committed to growth, self-love, and inner peace." –Unknown

13. "I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly." –Oscar Wilde

14. "Know your worth, and then make sure to add tax." –Unknown

15. "Let your light shine bright so the other weirdos can’t find you." –Unknown

16. "If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito." –Dalai Lama

17. "Even I don’t wake up looking like Cindy Crawford." –Cindy Crawford

18. "If it costs you your peace of mind, you’ve overpaid." –Rigel J. Dawson

19. "Am I good enough? Yes, I am." –Michelle Obama

20. "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." –Eleanor Roosevelt

21. "Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day." –Dalai Lama

22. "You don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep others warm." –Penny Reid

23. "The most effective way to do it, is to do it." –Amelia Earhart

Empowring Self-Love Quotes

1. "I don’t wear the opinions of others anymore. I learned to dress myself." –Nikki Rowe

2. "If you’re searching for that one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror." –Roman Price

3. "Trust the next chapter because you are the author." –Unknown

4. "Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it." –Unknown

5. "Never let anyone who cannot bear your pain make you feel you are unbearable. Not everyone is capable of walking with you, but that does not mean you are not worthy of belonging." –Morgan Harper Nichols (from All Along You Were Blooming)

6. "I don’t think that loving yourself is a choice. I think that it’s a decision that has to be made for survival." –Lizzo

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

8. "Once you embrace your value, talents, and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you." –Rob Liano

9. "The same light you see in others is shining within you, too." –MHN

10. "I always feel confident. I never allow myself to not feel confident." –Amber Rose

11. "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

12. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." –Buddha

13. "To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives." –Denis Waitley

14. "It is so important to take time for yourself and find clarity. The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself." –Diane Von Furstenberg

15. "Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it." –Maya Angelou

16. "Self-care is giving the world the best of you instead of what’s left of you." –Katie Reed

Self-Love Quotes for Girls

1. "I'm all about body positivity and self-love because I believe that we can save the world if we first save ourselves." –Lizzo

2. "We just need to be kinder to ourselves. If we treated ourselves the way we treated our best friend, can you imagine how much better off we would be?" –Meghan Markle

3. “Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.” –Beyoncé

4. "Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical." –Sophia Loren

5. "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." –Lucille Ball

6. "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

7. "Don’t waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living." –Meryl Streep

8. "We must fall in love with ourselves. I don’t like myself. I’m crazy about myself." –Mae West

9. "Our first and last love is self love." –Christian Nestle Bovee
   

10. "Don’t fall into the trap of sacrificing your self-esteem for affection and acceptance." –Ashley Graham

11. "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

12. "It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent." –Madeleine Albright

13. "If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude." –Maya Angelou

14. "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

15. "I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger." –Serena Williams

16. "I am not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship." –Louisa May Alcott

17. "You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe." –Leymah Gbowee

18. "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

19. "Never dull your shine for someone else." –Tyra Banks

Funny Self-Love Quotes

1. "Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Should loud, 'I am lucky to be what I am!...'" –Dr. Seuss (from Happy Birthday to You)

2. "Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream outside of the lines and become who they’re destined to be." –Jennifer Elisabeth

3. "Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions… Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it." –Tina Fey

4. "Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path. By all means, you should follow that." –Ellen DeGeneres

5. "Reminder that Winnie the Pooh wore a crop top with no pants and ate his favorite food and loved himself, so you can, too." –Unknown

6. "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." –Lucille Ball
   

7. "Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body." –George Carlin

8. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." –Jim Henson

9. "I got it all together. But I forgot where I put it." –Unknown

10. "Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway." –Robert Downey, Jr.

11. "Sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of how awesome I am." –Harvey Specter.

12. "Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart." –Erma Bombeck

13. "Makeup can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn’t help if you’re ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the makeup." –Audrey Hepburn

14. "The older you get, the better you get. Unless you’re a banana." –Betty White

15. "If someone says you’re weird, say thank you." –Ellen DeGeneres

16. "I’m not offended by blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb. And I also know that I’m not blonde." –Dolly Parton

17. "Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood." –Bill Murray

Song Lyrics About Self Love

1. "Pretty, pretty please, don’t you ever, ever feel like you are less than, less than perfect." –Pink, “Perfect”

2. "I don’t mean to brag, I don’t mean to boast. I love y’all, but I love me the most." –Meghan Trainor, “I Love Me”

3. "Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years." –LL Cool J, “Mama Said Knock You Out”

4. "The greatest love of all is easy to achieve. Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all." –Whitney Houston, “The Greatest Love of All”

5. "You took me for a pushover. Oh you thought I was a pushover. Whoa, I'm not a pushover." –Etta James, “Pushover”

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