37 Motivational Quotes About Self-Love To Cheer You Up

Eleanor Roosevelt, a beacon of strength and grace in the 20th century. Beyond her role as the First Lady, Eleanor was a champion of self-love and resilience. In the face of adversity, she cultivated an unwavering belief in her own worth and potential. Eleanor once said, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent,” a timeless reminder of the power we possess over our self-perception.

1. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” — Dolly Parton

2. “Your worth is not determined by others.”

3. “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” ― Rupi Kaur

4. “If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities — the expression of love — then life itself loses its meaning.” — Harvey Milk

5. “They will try to make you unhappy, don’t let them. They will try to tell you you’re not free, don’t listen.” —Unknown

6. “Self-love is the key to a joyful life.”

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

8. “Choose, every day, to forgive yourself. You are human, flawed, and most of all worthy of love.” — Alison Malee

9. “Self-love is the best love.”

10. “I love the person I’ve become because I fought to become her.” — Kaci Diane

11. “Your love for yourself sets the standard for others.”

12. “Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.” — Bryce Courtenay

13. “Make happiness your priority and be gentle with yourself in the process.” — Bronnie Ware

14. “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

15. “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”— Marcus Garvey

16. “It is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable; it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives.” — Jim Rohn

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

18. “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” — Charles Bukowski

19. “Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.”―M. Scott Peck

20. “I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.”—Maya Angelou

21. “I am only one, but I am one. I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do. “ — Edward Everett Hale

22. “You are your own priority.”

23. “For me, self-love is like, ‘Am I sleeping enough? Eating well?’ Not: ‘Am I eating well to be able to fit into my skinny jeans?’ But: ‘Am I eating well to be healthy and strong?’ And to acknowledge the good, because there is always a lot of good.” —Kerry Washington

24. “Be your own kind of beautiful.”

25. “I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody.” — Louis L’Amour

26. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” —Robert Morely

27. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.”

28. “You look ridiculous when you dance. You look ridiculous when you don’t dance. So you might as well dance.” — Gertrude Stein

29. “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

30. “I don’t fit into any stereotypes, and I like myself that way.” — C. Joybell C.

31. “You are enough, just as you are.”

32. “Fall in love with taking care of yourself.”

33. “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.” — Madonna

34. “When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better.”—Solange Knowles

35. “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.”

36. “If you wish to be loved, love.” — Hecaton of Rhodes

37. “Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”—William Shakespeare