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15 Quotes About Loving Yourself

Self-love, confidence, and acceptance are so, so important.

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15 Quotes About Loving Yourself
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1. “Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you.” - Steve Maraboli,

2. “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” - Stephanie Lahart,

3. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.” - Roy Bennett

4. “Above everything else, genuinely love yourself first. Self-love is powerful and it’s the best love that you will ever have. When you love who YOU are, your relationships will be healthier and your life will be happier. Self-love sets the standard in how we allow others to treat us and how we treat ourselves. Your happiness and well-being is important. Protect it by always valuing who you are!” - Stephanie Lahart

5. “Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.” - Suzy Kassem,

6. “What if no one is coming to discover your hidden talents, to acknowledge your untapped potential, to heal you, to save you from yourself? What if the saviour was always supposed to be you? What if that’s why it hasn’t worked out with anyone else?”― Vironika Tugaleva

7. “When you are able to love yourself deeply, you can be kind to others.” ― Debasish Mridha

8. “Your personal growth is the only thing that matters. You own and write your story; no one else does. Believe in your unique steps up the mountain.” ― Brittany Burgunder

9. “Self-love is essential. Until you can learn how to feel loved in an empty room, you will not feel loved for very long in any other room.” – Vironika Tugaleva

10. “Never get your sense of worth from outside yourself. Never fall into the trap of thinking that who you are is not enough and that you need other people’s approval, love and validation in order to feel that you’re of value. Never allow external things, places, people and circumstances to determine or tell you how much you’re worth. It’s called self-worth, not others’ worth.” ― Luminita D. Saviuc

11. “Kiss your scars. Fall in love with them. They ought to serve as life-affirming reminders—a lingering trace of hope. The only reason we have these scars is because we survived and are still here.” ― Kamand Kojouri

12. “It doesn't matter what others think. This is about YOU. Create a life that you genuinely love with your whole heart and start with yourself.” ― Brittany Burgunder

13. “When my muffin top makes an appearance after a dedicated weekend of pizza indulging, when I feel too tired to write and all my words sound boring, when my students aren’t laughing at my jokes, I am still enough.” ― Michelle Elaine Kennedy

14. “When you love yourself, [you] will find it easy to love others because you cannot give what you don't have.” ― Gugu Mona

15. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” ― Sharon Salzberg

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