If you’re anything like me, you love reading inspirational quotes and any other kind of quotes to help women feel good and improve their lives. My favourite are the self-love quotes because let’s face it, sometimes as women we forget how to love ourselves.
Anyway, without further ado, and to not babble about nothing for another 15 minutes, here are 125 sweet self-love quotes that will remind you how amazing you are.
125 Sweet self-love quotes
I’ve broken this self-love quotes post into several categories to make it easier to read and so that you can pick and choose the ones that resonate with you. Some of these are famous people’s quotes and others are unknown.
Whoever wrote them, they are all awesome and I feel will help you on your self-improvement journey. Self-love quotes and other inspirational quotes sure helped me.
First batch of self-love quotes is Owning Your Worth
Second batch of self-love quotes is Confidence Boosters
Third batch of self-love quotes is Healing and Forgiveness (my favourite!)
Fourth batch of self-love quotes is Radical Acceptance, and
Fifth batch of self-love quotes is Daily Affirmations. I recommend printing those out and taping them to a wall somewhere so you can see and read them all the time.
You should go check out my YouTube channel, where I upload a lot of motivational videos for women to help them love themselves and improve their lives.
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Also, if you are a woman over 50 starting over in life and need some guidance, check out my new full guide on How to Start Over in Life. It’s full of great tips and journal prompts to give you some clarity so you can move forward in life.
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You are worthy
- “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha
- “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” — Oscar Wilde
- “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.” — Lucille Ball
- “You define your own worth. Don’t let others do it for you.” — Unknown
- “Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.” — Unknown
- “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” — Rupi Kaur
- “Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.” — Unknown
- “No one else can validate what you haven’t yet accepted in yourself.” — Unknown
- “The more you love yourself, the less nonsense you’ll tolerate.” — Unknown
- “You are worthy of your own love and respect.” — Unknown
- “Don’t be afraid to be proud of yourself.” — Unknown
- “Self-love is the source of all our other loves.” — Pierre Corneille
- “Fall in love with taking care of yourself.” — Unknown
- “You owe yourself the love that you so freely give to other people.” — Unknown
- “You are your longest commitment. Treat yourself like it.” — Unknown
- “Self-love is the foundation of all happiness.” — Unknown
- “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.” — Roy T. Bennett
- “You deserve the love you keep trying to give to everyone else.” — Unknown
- “Be your own kind of beautiful.” — Unknown
- “Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” — Katrina Mayer
- “Celebrate yourself as you are right now.” — Unknown
- “Your worth isn’t measured by your productivity.” — Unknown
- “Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.” — John Herschel
- “You are enough. A thousand times enough.” — Unknown
- “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” — Oprah Winfrey
Boost your confidence!
- “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
- “Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that.” — Stacey Charter
- “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown
- “Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” — Peter T. McIntyre
- “The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” — Steve Maraboli
- “Self-confidence is the best outfit. Rock it and own it.” — Unknown
- “Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” — Unknown
- “Confidence is silent. Insecurities are loud.” — Unknown
- “Confidence is built in the moments you feel most unsure and show up anyway.” — Unknown
- “Don’t wait for the approval of others to love yourself.” — Unknown
- “Believe in yourself and all that you are.” — Christian D. Larson
- “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” — Roy T. Bennett
- “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” — Jennifer Lee
- “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Confidence is not ‘they will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.’” — Christina Grimmie
- “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James
- “Stop waiting for permission to be yourself.” — Unknown
- “When you start loving yourself, the world starts loving you back.” — Unknown
- “You don’t need anyone’s approval to be your authentic self.” — Unknown
- “Confidence is not about being extroverted, it’s about being comfortable with yourself.” — Unknown
- “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” — Melissa Etheridge
- “Loving yourself means you’re not afraid to shine.” — Unknown
- “Wear your confidence like a crown.” — Unknown
- “You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” — Louise L. Hay
- “Confidence comes from discipline and training.” — Robert Kiyosaki
heal and forgive
- “You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.” — Unknown
- “Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.” — Maya Angelou
- “Healing comes when we choose to walk away from darkness and move towards a brighter light.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
- “Self-love means giving yourself permission to grow.” — Unknown
- “The most terrifying thing is to accept yourself completely.” — Carl Jung
- “You don’t have to be perfect to be worthy of love.” — Unknown
- “Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.” — Unknown
- “Your wounds are the openings into the best and most beautiful part of you.” — David Richo
- “You are allowed to heal at your own pace.” — Unknown
- “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” — Etty Hillesum
- “Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.” — Brené Brown
- “Self-love is a journey, not a destination.” — Unknown
- “Your scars are proof you survived.” — Unknown
- “Healing is not linear.” — Unknown
- “Give yourself the same kindness and care you give to others.” — Unknown
- “Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” — Mandy Hale
- “Recovery is not one and done. It is a lifelong journey that takes place one day, one step at a time.” — Unknown
- “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground.” — Stephen Covey
- “Forgiving yourself is part of loving yourself.” — Unknown
- “You are allowed to put yourself first without feeling guilty.” — Unknown
- “Sometimes you have to accept the truth and stop wasting time on the wrong people.” — Unknown
- “Love yourself enough to set boundaries.” — Anna Taylor
- “It’s okay to be a glowstick: sometimes we have to break before we shine.” — Unknown
- “What you allow is what will continue.” — Unknown
- “Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean me first, it means me too.” — L.R. Knost
Embrace Yourself Fully
- “True peace begins when you stop apologizing for who you are.” — Unknown
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.” — Sophia Bush
- “Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship with myself.” — Nathaniel Branden
- “Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” — Robert Holden
- “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” — Carl Jung
- “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” — Maya Angelou
- “When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy.” — Kim McMillen
- “We cannot selectively numb emotions. When we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.” — Brené Brown
- “Own your story and love yourself through it.” — Brené Brown
- “Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.” — Michael J. Fox
- “Self-acceptance is the key to living a fulfilled life.” — Unknown
- “When you accept yourself, the world accepts you.” — Unknown
- “To be beautiful means to be yourself.” — Coco Chanel
- “Your flaws are perfect for the heart that’s meant to love you.” — Trent Shelton
- “The more you accept yourself, the less you seek validation from others.” — Unknown
- “You don’t have to change to be worthy of love.” — Unknown
- “Be gentle with yourself, you’re doing the best you can.” — Unknown
- “Your imperfections make you beautiful.” — Unknown
- “Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.” — Whitney Houston
- “Be proud of how far you have come.” — Unknown
- “You are not broken, you are healing.” — Unknown
- “There is no greater journey than the journey inward.” — Unknown
- “Self-love is the foundation for a healthy life.” — Unknown
- “You were born to be real, not perfect.” — Unknown
Daily Affirmations
(these self-love quotes are all from unknown authors)
- “I am worthy of love and respect.”
- “I honour my body as the temple that houses my spirit.”
- “Every da,y I am becoming a better version of myself.”
- “I choose to rise above negative feelings and forgive myself.”
- “I deserve happiness and abundance.”
- “I am enough exactly as I am.”
- “I trust the journey, even when I do not understand it.”
- “I am proud of who I am becoming.”
- “I release the need to judge myself harshly.”
- “I am patient and gentle with myself.”
- “I am deserving of all good things.”
- “I love myself unconditionally.”
- “I am in charge of how I feel, and today I choose happiness.”
- “I forgive myself for past mistakes and learn from them.”
- “I radiate confidence, self-respect, and inner harmony.”
- “I am worthy of investing time and energy in myself.”
- “I am free from the fear of being myself.”
- “I celebrate my wins, big and small.”
- “I am proud of how far I’ve come and excited for what’s ahead.”
- “I am enough, and I always will be.”
- “I deserve kindness from others and myself.”
- “I trust myself to make the best decisions for me.”
- “I embrace my unique beauty and talents.”
- “I am whole and complete just as I am.”
- “I am my own greatest love story.”
final thoughts on self-love quotes
I hope these self-love quotes find you exactly when you need them and heal you exactly how they are meant to.
Remember, how you love yourself sets the tone for others. We show people how to love and treat us, so when we lack self-love, others will disrespect and mistreat us. That’s why self-love is SO important!
ox iva xo
