500 Motivational Quotes: Dear Self (To Love Yourself)

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

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

3. “It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.”

4. “All we have is today. Just live it. We don’t know about tomorrow. So, enjoy the day. Love yourself, and spread love around.” — Charlotte Rae

5. “Celebrate who you are in your deepest heart. Love yourself and the world will love you.”― Amy Leigh Mercree

6. “Self-love seems so often unrequited.” – Anthony Powell

7. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. —Sally Field

8. “Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.” – Jenn Proske

9. “Don’t forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally.” — Hannah Bronfman

10. 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

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. “People that don’t know what they are worth will always see their capture’s wings, but never their tail.”― Shannon L. Alder

13. I didn’t feel sad or happy. I didn’t feel proud or ashamed. I only felt that in spite of all the things I’d done wrong, in getting myself here, I’d done right. —Cheryl Strayed

14. “Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.”

15. “We’d always go into it blindly. I needed to lose you to find me. This dancing was killing me softly. I needed to hate you to love me, yeah.” — Selena Gomez

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

17. “Sometimes the noise of life can be just too much. If you need to escape, love yourself enough to know when you need a real time out.”― Karen A. Boquerón

18. “When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self-acceptance opened.”

19. “I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I’m either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren’t attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.”

20. “You have to grow, you have to be, you have to love yourself unconditionally.”― Dominic Riccitello

21. “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

22. “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”

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

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

26. How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you. —Rupi Kaur

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

28. “Sometimes you have to be alone to truly know your worth.”― Karen A. Baquiran

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

30. “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Delia

31. “I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”

32. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock

33. Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come. —Ellen DeGeneres

34. “Plant hope in your heart’s wounds.” —Alexandra Vasiliu

35. “You have to learn to love yourself before you can love someone else. Because it’s only when we love ourselves that we feel worthy of someone else’s love.”― Alyssa B. Sheinmel, Faceless

36. “When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up.”― Germany Kent

37. “Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.” —Cheryl Strayed

38. “Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.”― Karl Lagerfeld

39. Trust your gut. Forgive yourself. Be grateful. —Cheryl Strayed

40. “My Dear Friend, Don’t ever allow yourself to forget how incredibly special you are, even for a single second. Without you, the world would not be as magnificent. Let yourself remember to love again, starting with you loving you.”― Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women

41. “Self-love is the greatest middle finger of all time.” —Unknown

42. “You must want to spend the rest of your life with yourself first.” — Rupi Kaur

43. “When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.”

44. “When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn't healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits – anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.”

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46. “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary

47. “Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”― William Shakespeare, Henry V.

48. Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself. —Coco Chanel

49. You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level. —Eckhart Tolle

50. “People who want the most approval get the least and the people who need approval the least get the most.”

51. “Love yourself like you would a treasured love or a cherished child.”― Amy Leigh Mercree

52. “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”― Malcolm S. Forbes

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

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

55. “So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.”

56. “Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.”

57. Work on you, for you. —Unknown

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

59. I always feel confident. I never allow myself to not feel confident. —Amber Rose

60. “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 Washington Thurman

61. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. —Buddha

62. 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

63. Be so completely yourself that everyone else feels safe to be themselves, too. —Unknown

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65. You are enough. A thousand times enough. —Unknown

66. “Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the ‘other self” is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.”― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

67. If there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself. —Beyoncé

68. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” – Roy T. Bennett

69. “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.”― Stephanie Lahart, Overcoming Life’s Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower

70. “No one knows how you treat yourself, but it’s the most important relationship you have.” – Bill Masur

71. If you have the ability to love, love yourself first. —Charles Bukowski

72. “Love yourself for who you are, and trust me, if you are happy from within, you are the most beautiful person, and your smile is your best asset.” — Ileana D’Cruz

73. “If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.”

74. She never needed to be saved. She only wanted to be loved the correct way. She wasn't looking for a hero. All she wanted was someone she could trust outside of herself. —r.h. Sin

75. “A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.”― Ken Keyes

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

77. “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.”

78. Gonna love myself. No, I don't need anybody else. —Hailee Steinfeld

79. “Find ways to love yourself. Learn to speak kindly. These are the magic words that open all doors.” ― Raven Mardirosian

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81. “Words always remain words, the world will change” ― Mayan Kumar Louteriya

82. “If you don’t love yourself, you won’t be happy with yourself. If you can’t love yourself, you can’t love anyone else. You can’t give the love you do not have. You can’t make anyone love you without loving yourself first.”― Kemi Sogunle

83. “Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.” –Les Brown

84. “It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”

85. “Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world making the most of one's best.”

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

87. “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.”

88. “You are not your mistakes. They are what you did. Not who you are.” – Lisa Lieberman-Wang

89. “You have to be able to love yourself because that’s when things fall into place.” – Vanessa Hudgens

90. “It’s not your job to like me…it’s MINE!”― Byron Katie

91. “When there’s no one else, look inside yourself. Like your oldest friend, just trust the voice within. Then you’ll find the strength that will guide your way. You’ll learn to begin to trust the voice within.” — Christina Aguilera

92. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

93. “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” — Rupi Kaur

94. “Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.”― Ellen Sue Stern

95. “I’mma tell ’em all, I’mma tell ’em all that you could either hate me or love me. But that’s just the way I am.” — Charlie Puth

96. “You are a true success if you can trust yourself, love yourself, and be yourself.”― Debasish Mridha

97. “Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”

98. Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives. —Louise Hay

99. “Don’t let hollow heroes distract you from saving yourself.”― Nikki Rowe

100. “Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there’s one person who never ceased to love you – yourself.” – Sanhita Baruah

101. “Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.”

102. “Fall / in love / with your solitude.” ― Rupi Kaur

103. No one can rescue me. I know because I've already tried to get them to do it. It doesn't work. This is all on me. —Michelle D'Avella

104. Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you, who you are. —Beyoncé

105. When things change inside you, things change around you. —Unknown

106. “The only two words you should ever say to a mirror are “Hello, Beautiful.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

107. You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are. —Yogi Bhajan

108. When you love yourself more then things simply become lighter and easier.

109. You really have to love yourself to get anything in this world done. —Lucille Ball

110. The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself. —Maya Angelou

111. “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

112. “Love yourself so much that when someone treats you wrong, you recognize it.” – Rena Rose

113. 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. —Kate Winslet

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

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

116. “How can you love if you don’t love yourself? If you don’t love yourself, you can love no one else.” — The Script

117. The same light you see in others is shining within you, too. —MHN

118. “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.”

119. Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults. —Les Brown

120. “We cannot do great things on this Earth, Only small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

121. Be enough for yourself first. The rest of the world can wait. —fw

122. “If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.”― Barbara De Angelis

123. “If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you’ll see your rivals scrambling for second place.”― Criss Jami

124. “Love brings you face to face with your self. It’s impossible to love another if you cannot love yourself.” — John Pierrakos

125. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. —Eleanor Roosevelt

126. “Be very very very gentle with yourself. The world is very very very hard on you”― Srividya Srinivasan

127. “Spend time understanding who you are, after all the only person your ever going to truly live with; is yourself.”― Nikki Rowe

128. When life puts you in touchy situations, don't say, 'Why me?' Just say, 'Try me.' —Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

129. “I don’t like myself. I’m crazy about myself.” – May West

130. “Love yourself. KNOW thyself. And be mindful of your thoughts.” — RuPaul

131. I love myself for I am a beloved child of the universe and the universe lovingly takes care of me now.― Louise Hay

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

133. Until I'm ready, let me be. I have to heal myself. —Samantha King

134. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

135. “Your problem is you’re … too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”― Ram Dass

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

137. I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself. —Demi Lovato

138. “Don’t feel like putting makeup on my cheeks. Do what I wanna. Love every single part of my body. Top to the bottom. I’m not a supermodel from a magazine, no. It’s okay with not being perfect.” — Anne-Marie

139. “Saturday is a day for the spa. RELAX, indulge, enjoy, and love yourself, too.” — Ana Monnar

140. Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself. —Wayne Dyer

141. “It’s when you start to love yourself more than those around you that your ego begins to take shape & form.” ― Anthony T.Hincks

142. “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” – Lao Tzu

143. “When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits–anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.” —Kim McMillen

144. Be single and save yourself for a relationship that motivates you to become the best version of yourself. Be single until you find a love that resembles the type of love you've been fighting for.—r.h. Sin

145. “One way to feel good about yourself is to love yourself… to take care of yourself.” — Goldie Hawn

146. “I feel keeping a promise to yourself is a direct reflection of the love you have for yourself. I used to make promises to myself and find them easy to break. Today, I love myself enough to not only make a promise to myself, but I love myself enough to keep that promise” – Steve Maraboli

147. “I know I’m Superwoman, I know I’m strong. I know I’ve got this ’cause I’ve had it all along. I’m phenomenal, I’m enough. I don’t need to tell you to tell me who to be.” — Kelly Clarkson

148. You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.― Yogi Bahaman

149. “All people deserve your kindness, but none more so than you.” – Justin Kan

150. “You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won’t do a thing unless you believe it yourself.”― Criss Jami, Healology

151. Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Fall in love with the path of deep healing. Fall in love with becoming the best version of yourself but with patience, with compassion, and respect to your own journey. —S. McNutt

152. “It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.”

153. We accept the love we think we deserve. —Stephen Chbosky

154. Life becomes simpler and lighter.

155. “You deserve someone who makes you feel like the otherworldly creature you are. Yourself.” — Amanda Lovelace

156. “Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?”― Ian Wallace

157. Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself. ―Rupi Kaur

158. “Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again.” —Lalah Delia

159. “Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.”

160. “Your biggest commitment must always be to yourself.” —Bridgett Devoue

161. Self-care is how you take your power back. —Lalah Delia

162. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”

163. Self love—it doesn't mean that everyone will treat you the way you deserve to be treated. It means that you won't let them change the way you see yourself; nor will you stick around for them to destroy you. —Tony A. Gaskins Jr.

164. “Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” —Unknown

165. “The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

166. “Don’t associate yourself with toxic people. It’s better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate yourself.” — Robin Williams

167. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

168. “Knowing yourself, and learning to love yourself as you are, is the beginning of beauty. I think the most important thing is to show off what’s most beautiful about you and to hide what’s less beautiful.” — Sonia Rykiel

169. “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.”

170. But instead of sharing my own thoughts and experiences like I usually do I’d like to take a different approach today.

171. You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.

172. “Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

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

174. “Love yourself no matter what!” — Erin Heatherton

175. “As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening.” – Charlie Chaplin

176. “The absence of self-love can never be replaced with the presence of people’s love for you.”― Edmond Mbiaka

177. “It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.”

178. “Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”― Veronica A. Shoffstall

179. “You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.” – R.Z.

180. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” ― Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

181. Just do what works for you, because there will always be somebody who thinks differently. —Michelle Obama

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

183. “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”

184. One of the most important things you can accomplish is just being yourself.—Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

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

186. “Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”― Rumi

187. “The greatest love that you could ever experience on earth is the one that only comes from you to you.”― Edmond Mbiaka

188. “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.”

189. You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company. —Diane von Furstenberg

190. “I want to be the best version of myself for anyone who is going to someday walk into my life and need someone to love them beyond reason.” – Jennifer Elisabeth

191. Plant hope in your heart's wounds. —Alexandra Vasiliu

192. “My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.”― Shakti Gawain

193. “I’m gonna love myself more than anyone else. Believe in me, even if someone can’t see the stronger woman in me.” — Jewel

194. “Love others to make them feel better and so that you see yourself in the mirrors of their eyes.”― Debasish Mridha

195. “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

196. “Only when you are kinder to yourself, you can be kinder to the world.” – Haemin Sunim

197. “If you want to love others, I think you should love yourself first.” — RM

198. “But now I understand that if I’m gonna love someone, I’m just gonna love myself. I already know I’m fabulous.” — Ally Brooke

199. You deserve someone who makes you feel like the otherworldly creature you are. Yourself. —Amanda Lovelace

200. You change the world by being yourself. —Yoko Ono

201. “Love yourself and love those around you. Take care of yourself and take care of those around you. Lead by example. Give love. Be a part of everything that is great in the world, and in turn there is more love and greatness in the world! Change the world!” – Jeffrey I. Moore

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

203. Your biggest commitment must always be to yourself. —Bridgett Devoue

204. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”― Walt Whitman

205. 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

206. “The best friend you will ever find is you. Love yourself with joy and fill your heart with bliss and happiness.”― Debasish Mridha

207. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.”

208. “Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.”― Sarah Dessen

209. “When you love yourself endlessly, you will find that the whole world loves you too.”― Debasish Mridha

210. I woke up like this. Flawless. —Beyoncé

211. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” — Stephen Chbosky

212. “I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.” – Elizabeth Taylor

213. “You are not an option, a choice or a soft place to land after a long battle. You were meant to be the one. If you can wrap yourself around the idea that you are something incredible, then you will stop excusing behavior that rapes your very soul. You were never meant to teach someone to love you. You were meant to be loved.”― Shannon L. Alder

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

215. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

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

217. “What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself.” – C. Joybell C.

218. You owe it to yourself to become everything you've ever dreamed of being. —Unknown

219. “Our entire life … consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.”― Jean Anouih

220. “If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.” —Barbara De Angelis

221. “You say you need to love others, but do you love yourself.”― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

222. It isn’t what they call you. It’s what you answer to.― W.C. Fields

223. “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.”

224. “You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.”– Unknown

225. “Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you.”― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

226. “Life is really not easy, we all have our personal battles, but it is important that you really treasure yourself, love yourself and have a sense of self-worth.” — Heart Evangelista

227. The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”― William James

228. “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

229. Make yourself a priority. —Unknown

230. “Maybe if we love ourselves healthy we will all heal?”― Nikki Rowe

231. “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”

232. “Love yourself; and in that love not unconsidered leave your honor.” — William Shakespeare

233. “You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it.”

234. You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. —Louise L. Hay

235. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”

236. “Bring the sun over my heart, I want to bloom.” – Alexandra Vasiliu

237. “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.”

238. “When you adopt the viewpoint that there is nothing that exists that is not part of you, that there is no one who exists who is not part of you, that any judgment you make is self-judgment, that any criticism you level is self-criticism, you will wisely extend to yourself an unconditional love that will be the light of the world.”

239. Keep watering yourself. You're growing. —E.Russell

240. “If only you knew how beautiful you are unconditionally. Don’t you know it’s enough if all you do is breathe?”― Brittany Burgunder, Safety in Numbers: From 56 to 221 Pounds, My Battle with Eating Disorders

241. “Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”

242. “No other love no matter how genuine it is, can fulfill one’s heart better than unconditional self-love.”

243. “Love only yourself a little bit longer, until you can’t stand not to love someone else.”― Kiera Cass, Happily Ever After

244. “The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”

245. I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die. —Serena Williams

246. 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

247. “Find company within yourself, and you’ll never spend a day alone. Find love within yourself, and you’ll never have a lonely day.” ― Connor Chalfant

248. “Love other human beings as you would love yourself.” — Ho Chi Minh

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

250. I used to be bound by people who placed limits on what they thought I could do. Through that, I learned that if you want something, you have to be the one to go out and do it If you don't ask for something, you're not going to get it. —Ashley Graham

251. “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

252. “There are women who struggle to gain weight who are beautiful. There are women who struggle to LOSE weight who are beautiful. You know who is the most beautiful? Those who learn to love themselves the way they are. You don’t need to change for ANYONE.”― Teresa Mummer

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254. “Your heart truly deserves the priceless feeling of unconditional love that can only come from you to you.” ― Edmond Mbiaka

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256. “A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.”

257. “The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.”― E. E. Cummings

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

259. “Loving yourself…does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart, a guest worthy of respect, a lovable companion.”― Margo Anand

260. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

261. “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” – André Gide

262. “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”

263. Keep taking time for yourself until you're you again. —Lalah Delia

264. Be the love you never received. —Rune Lazuli

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

266. The importance of diversity in your SMSF and one way to achieve it

267. “The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.”

268. “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”

269. When your opinion of yourself goes up then you’ll stop trying to get so much validation and attention from other people.

270. The increasing level of self-esteem and self worth also makes you feel more deserving of good things in life and so you’ll self-sabotage less and go after what you deep down want with more motivation and focus than ever before.

271. “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”― Madonna

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

273. “The more you love yourself, the better you perform.” ― M. K. Soni

274. Love is the absence of judgment. —Dhali Lama

275. “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

276. “Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right–and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head.”

277. “Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”― Lucille Ball

278. “All you really need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.” – Eckhart Tolle

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

280. “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” – Michael J. Fox

281. “You are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful.”― Steve Maraboli

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

283. Put yourself first. Self-love is not selfish at all. It means that you’re taking care of yourself, and like my mom reinforced to me, to make sure that I was safe and that I was healthy. —Laurie Hernandez

284. Be brave enough to heal yourself even when it hurts. —Bianca Sparacino

285. Love yourself when you're tired. Love yourself when you're weak. Love yourself when you're confused. Love yourself when you're broken. Love yourself when you're restored. —MB

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

287. “You must want to spend the rest of your life with yourself first.” —Rupi Kaur

288. My heart is beating, and I’m breathing, and nothing anybody has ever done has changed that. —Rupi Kaur

289. When you feel your worst is when you need to love yourself more. —Unknown

290. “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.” ― Brené Brown

291. “Be loud about the things that are important to you.” – Karen Walrond

292. “Make peace with yourself before you move forward. Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.” ― Roy T. Bennett

293. “Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.”

294. “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

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

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

297. “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.” — Kate Winslet

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

299. “Beauty begins the moment you decided to be yourself.”

300. “People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.”

301. “One way to love yourself and take charge of your life is through the practice of gratitude. Practicing gratitude increases self-awareness.” ― Veronica Smith

302. It is interesting how often we can’t see all the ways in which we are being strong. —Lena Dunham

303. ”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.”

304. “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.”

305. “It’s very fun to be single, because you know what happens? You find yourself. You understand what it means to love yourself, instead of putting all this energy into give-and-tug in a relationship.” — Keke Palmer

306. 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

307. Why do I have to be like everyone else? Why can’t people just let other people feel good about themselves and do what they want? Wear whatever you want people! As long as you feel good about yourself that’s what matters. Don’t ever let anyone stifle who you are and how you express yourself. —Arielle Winter

308. “Scarcity of self-value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence.”― Gary Zukav

309. Treat her like you never want to lose her. —r.h. Sin

310. Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama

311. The things that make me different are the things that make me. —Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne

312. “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

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

314. “Don’t forget to love yourself.” — Soren Kierkegaard

315. “When you’re constantly thinking of others and what they must be thinking or feeling or expecting, you wind up in this perpetual state of trying to please them. You see yourself through their eyes and you lose sight of who you are.” ― Michael Soll, Scorched

316. Life is too short to spend it at war with yourself. —Unknown

317. No one is you and that is your superpower. —Unknown

318. “We can’t be so desperate for love that we forget where we can always find it; within.”― Alexandra Ell

319. “I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren't more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be.”

320. Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home. —Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

321. Trust the next chapter because you are the author. —Unknown

322. “A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” — Haruki Murakami

323. Self-care is giving the world the best you instead of what's left of you. —Katie Reed

324. “I don’t mean to brag, I don’t mean to boast. I love y’all, but I love me the most.” — Meghan Trainor

325. “A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.”

326. “Why escape your intended purpose by copying and trying to be someone else? You will discover who you were meant to be only after you have shown confidence being yourself.”― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

327. “If you don’t love yourself, it’s impossible for you to love others. You can’t give away what you don’t have.” — Joyce Meyer

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

329. “Just do what works for you, because there will always be somebody who thinks differently.” — Michelle Obama

330. “Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ”

331. “Somewhere, somebody is looking for someone exactly like you.”― Germany Kent

332. “Love is a battle with yourself. Be kind and love yourself before you love anyone else.”― Karen Quan, Better to be able to love than to be loveable

333. “Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”

334. Being comfortable in your own skin is one of the most important things to achieve. I'm still working on it! —Kate Mara

335. “At the core of your heart, you are perfect and pure. No one and nothing can alter that.”― Amit Ray

336. “Be beautiful, be stylish, and love yourself.” — Karishma Tanna

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

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

339. “One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”

340. “If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”

341. “Perfectionism is searching for faults to justify low self-esteem. It is a guaranteed failure and fantasy.”― Brittany Burgunder, Safety in Numbers: From 56 to 221 Pounds, My Battle with Eating Disorders

342. “Love yourself enough to have a meaningful life.”― Millen Livis

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

344. The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself. —Mark Twain

345. “Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.” – Karolina Kurkova

346. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

347. “Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.” – Warsan Shire

348. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.”

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

350. “Learn to be alone without being lonely. Learn to admire your beauty without finding fault. Learn to love yourself without the love of others.” —h.r.d

351. “Dismantle your wounds so you stop living your life by them.”― Nikki Rowe

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

353. Let it go, let it leave, let it happen. Nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway. —Rupi Kaur

354. “Others can’t always define your true identity. They see what they ‘want’ to see but beyond your mess, God sees the beauty He created and still thinks it’s good!”― Chinonye J. Chidolue

355. Doubt kills more dreams than failure. —Suzy Kassem

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

357. “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

358. “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

359. “You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”

360. “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”― Michel de Montaigne

361. If we treated ourselves as well as we treated our best friend, can you imagine? —Meghan Markle

362. “Show yourself some love. For not until we are able to express some overdue love for ourselves, can we effectively love someone else?” ― Roy Lee Brown

363. “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”

364. “Being comfortable in your own skin is one of the most important things to achieve. I’m still working on it!” — Kate Mara

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

366. “But you don’t have to be his girl. And you don’t have to be my girl. You can always be your own girl.” — The Wallflowers

367. “When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.”― Diane Von Furstenberg

368. “You’ve got to love yourself first. You’ve got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.” – Jennifer Lopez

369. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson

370. Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters. You will, too. —Jennae Cecelia

371. “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.”

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

373. “Loving yourself is not an act; it is not something you initiate. It is something you allow.” ― Wes Beavis

374. “The same light you see in others is shining within you, too.” —MHN

375. Get updates on the latest posts and more from Everyday Power straight to your inbox.

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

377. “To practice Extreme Self-Care, you must learn to love yourself unconditionally, accept your imperfections, and embrace your vulnerabilities.” — Cheryl Richardson

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

379. No other love no matter how genuine it is, can fulfill one’s heart better than unconditional self-love. —EdmondMbiaka

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

381. “This is really helpful and inspiring. But what’s the easiest way to put this into practice and actually make a real change with my self-esteem?”.

382. “The moment you accept yourself, you become beautiful.” – Osho

383. “Love yourself not in some egocentric, self-serving sense but love yourself the way you would love your friend in the sense of taking care of yourself, nourishing yourself, trying to understand, comfort, and strengthen yourself.”― Frederick Buechner, Telling Secrets

384. “Love yourself so strongly that nothing can derail you or disturbed your peace.”― Debasish Mridha

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

386. “Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again.”― Robert Brault

387. “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

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

389. “I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.”― Rita Mae Brown

390. “Dress yourself in such a way that it shows that you love yourself.”― Debasish Mridha

391. “There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”

392. “Respect, Love, and Value yourself. Always remember to be good to yourself by taking care of yourself. Make yourself a priority and know that it’s okay. Don’t feel guilty for loving yourself, first! You’re just as important as anybody else.”― Stephanie Lahart

393. Feel the fact that you are enough. —Mark Nepo

394. You’ll have more inner stability and self-sabotage less.

395. “I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?”― Golden Hawn

396. “Love yourself. That kind of love can get you through anything.”― Alfa H, Abandoned Breaths

397. “The way you think about yourself determines your reality.” – Shannon L. Alder

398. “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you, who you are.” — Beyoncé

399. “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

400. “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”

401. Make peace with your broken pieces. —r.h. Sin

402. “Loving yourself is one of the most important pre-requisites to mental and physical wellbeing.” ― Hanif Raah

403. “Sometimes your soulmate is yourself. Sometimes you have to be the love of your life until you discover that type of love in someone else.” —r.h. Sin

404. We do not have the right to feel helpless. We must help ourselves. After destiny has delivered what it delivers, we are responsible for our lives. —Cheryl Strayed

405. “You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.”

406. I am what I am. I can't help myself and if you don't like it get with somebody else. —Jonas Brothers

407. In stressful times, it's okay to not be perfect. Cut yourself some slack. Because right now, you might not be your best self, but you are growing and you are trying your best. And that is good enough. —Ashley Hetherington

408. “There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

409. “Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”

410. “You were born an original work of art. Stay original always. Originals cost more than imitations.”― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

411. You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop. —Rumi

412. 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

413. I'm going to make everything around me beautiful. That will be my life. —Elsie de Wolfe

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

415. “Love yourself and dream bigger.”― Teresa Collins, Live LIFE in All Caps: The Teresa Collins Story

416. Wholesale vs retail investors: understand the difference.

417. “Whatever you did today is enough. Whatever you felt today is valid. Whatever you thought today isn’t to be judged. Repeat the above each day.”― Brittany Burgunder

418. “If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.”

419. “Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you’re most beautiful.” – Zoe Kravitz

420. “I will love you through everything. Can you do yourself the same honor?” ― Scott Stabile

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

422. “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.

423. You won’t overthink and make as many mountains out of molehills (or out of plain air) as you used to when you had a lack of self esteem. Or beat yourself up or drag yourself down over mistakes or temporary setbacks.

424. “Even in the loneliest moments I have been there for myself.”― Sanober Khan

425. “If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.” – Kristin Chenoweth

426. It’s really about changing the conversation. It’s not about perfection. It’s about purpose. We have to care about our bodies and what we put in them. Women have to take the time to focus on our mental health—take time for self, for the spiritual, without feeling guilty or selfish. The world will see you the way you see you, and treat you the way you treat yourself. —Beyoncé

427. You do not just wake up and become the butterfly—growth is a process. —Rupi Kaur

428. It's you versus you. —Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

429. Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself. —Dieter F. Uchtdorf

430. She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.”― Anais Nin

431. A lot of times we are angry at other people for not doing what we should have done for ourselves.—Rupi Kaur

432. “Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.” – Tara Stiles

433. “The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”

434. “I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”

435. “It’s much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself.” — Don Coppersmith

436. Talk to yourself like someone you love. —Brené Brown

437. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale

438. “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

439. “I just wanted to remind you, in case you needed to hear it, to be kind and loving to yourself, and talk to yourself like you would talk to your best friend.” — Camila Cabello

440. “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” – Malcolm S. Forbes

441. “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

442. “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

443. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.”― Roy Bennett

444. The main reason why value my self-esteem so highly, why I write about this topic so often and have created a whole 12-week course around it is simply because it has made my own life so much happier and more fun.

445. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”

446. “The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”

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

448. Loving yourself isn't vanity; it's sanity. —Katrina Mayer

449. “You are responsible for who you become… Love yourself, like your speed; Leave your scars; live your skills!”― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

450. “When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers.” ― Sandbar Khan

451. “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”― Charles Bukowski

452. 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

453. “Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.” ― Rupi Kaur

454. “Be the love you never received.” — Rune Lazuli

455. “You don’t have to stop fighting for others, you just have to remember to fight for yourself too.” ― Liz Newman

456. “Have the courage to love yourself like you always wished someone would.” ― Vironika Tugaleva

457. “Be yourself, love yourself and live the life you are meant to live.” ― Darice Cairns

458. “Loving yourself isn’t vanity; it’s sanity.” — Katrina Mayer

459. You are free, you are powerful, you are good, you are love, you have value you have a purpose. All is well. —Abraham Hicks

460. “As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.” – Charlie Chaplin

461. “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

462. “There are so many more important things to worry about than how you’re perceived by strangers.”― Dennis Lehane

463. “You can never meet your potential until you truly learn to love yourself.”― Teresa Collins

464. This is not the moment to wilt into the underbrush of your insecurities. You’ve earned the right to grow. You’re going to have to carry the water yourself. —Cheryl Strayed

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

466. “The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.”

467. “Loving yourself is the foundation for finding inner peace, happiness, and the ability to love others.” ― Lori Deschene

468. I'd like to share 101 of the most inspiring, thought provoking and uplifting thoughts from the past 2400 years on getting to know yourself, going from low self-esteem to high self-esteem and finding a self love.

469. You become less needy and find an inner stability and strength even when your world might be negative or uncertain at times.

470. Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others. —Brené Brown

471. “Give yourself the love you’re willing to give to others.” – Mahin Ismail

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

473. “When you establish peace, when you establish love, when you establish kindness here [inside], you cannot act any other way to the outside world.”― Mimi Ikonn

474. “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.”

475. “No other love no matter how genuine it is, can fulfill one’s heart better than unconditional self-love.”― Edmond Mbiaka

476. “Life tried to crush her, but only succeeded in creating a diamond.” – John Mark Green

477. “There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”― Hindu Proverb

478. A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else. —Haruki Murakami

479. “To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance”

480. “Love yourself first, and you will always be in love.” ― AVA

481. Heal yourself first. The rest will come later. —Unknown

482. “Love yourself. This is not about being self-centered; this tip has something about appreciating your worth and what you can do.” ― Mick McPherson

483. In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you. —Unknown

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

485. One day I woke up and realized I was not made for anyone. I was made for me. I am my own. —Unknown

486. I just wanted to remind you, in case you needed to hear it, to be kind and loving to yourself, and talk to yourself like you would talk to your best friend. —Camila Cabello

487. Bonus: Download a free step-by-step checklist that will show you how to improve your self-esteem and keep it stable (it's easy to save as a PDF or print out for whenever you need it during your day or week).

488. “Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”― Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

489. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

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

491. “You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.”

492. “Let go of judging others and yourself. Your life will get easier. You’ll like yourself more.” ― Emma Wright

493. “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”

494. “If you ever want to love someone, love yourself unconditionally first.”― Debasish Mridha

495. “Wildflower; pick up your pretty little head, It will get easier, your dreams are not dead.”― Nikki Rowe

496. “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.”

497. Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we'll ever do. —Brené Brown

498. “She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.”

499. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

500. “You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”