Quotes About Self-love

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Could you say this about yourself right now, that you have immense and intrinsic value, at your current weight and income level, while waiting to hear if you got the job or didn't, or sold your book or didn't? This idea that I had all the value I'd ever need was concealed from me my whole life. I want a refund. In this world of suffering and grace, of brokenness and sky, of bad skin and buckteeth and one another, I cannot add to the value of myself.

It's important to think of self-acceptance as something related to your present state. It means accepting yourself as you are at this very moment. It doesn't mean, "I would love myself more if I lost ten pounds," or "I accepted myself when I was 20 years younger.

I don't like myself you know. I love myself. I'm devoted to myself till my dying day. But I don't like myself.

I don't like myself, you know. I love myself, of course, I'm committed to myself till my dying day. But I don't like myself.

Debería tener la capacidad de ser feliz conmigo misma, de estar satisfecha con lo que soy. No como reina, sino con lo que soy.

To look in the mirror and like what you see even if it's not your idea of beauty

You gotta love yourself, baby. If you don't, who will??

We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.

The difference between a life laced through with frustration and one sustained by happiness depends on whether it is motivated by self-hatred or by real love for oneself.

Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.

Cultivation of positive emotions, including self-love and self-respect, strengthens our inner resources and opens us to a broader range of thoughts and actions.

To truly love ourselves, we must open to our wholeness, rather than clinging to the shivers of ourselves represented by old stories. Living in a story of a limited self – to any degree – is not love.

When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.

Learning to treat ourselves lovingly may at first feel like a dangerous experiment.

Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.

Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.

All of our actions can signify self-love or self-sabotage

You could search the whole world over and never find anyone as deserving of your love as yourself.

Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy.

Loving yourself is holding yourself accountable to be the best you can be in your life. Narcissistic love has nothing to do with accountability.

Loving yourself is holding yourself accountable to be the best you can be in your life.

You don't have to love yourself unconditionally before you can give or receive real love.

A lack of real love for ourselves is one of the most constricting, painful conditions we can know.