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Quotes About Self-love

Love is an action, a participatory emotion. Whether we are engaged in a process of self-love or of loving others we must move beyond the realm of feeling to actualize love.
~ bell hooks
When we can see ourselves as we truly are and accept ourselves, we build on the necessary foundation for self-love.
~ bell hooks
Self-love cannot flourish in isolation. It is no easy task to be self-loving.
~ bell hooks
Shame makes self-acceptance and self-love impossible.
~ bell hooks
If you do not love yourself, you will be unable to love anyone else
~ bell hooks
Do not expect to receive love from someone else you do not give yourself
~ bell hooks
without a core foundation of healthy self-esteem we can't practice self love.
~ bell hooks
Life without communion in love with others would be less fulfilling no matter the extend of one's self-love.
~ bell hooks
The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem. Nathaniel Branden's lengthy wort Six Pillars of Self-Esteem highlights important dimensions of self-esteem, The practice of living consciously, self -acceptance, self-responsibility, self-assertiveness, living purposefully and the practice of personal integrity.
~ bell hooks
Creating domestic bliss is especially useful for individuals living alone who are just learning to be self-loving. When we intentionally strive to make our homes places where we are ready to give and receive love, every object we place there enhances our well-being.
~ bell hooks
When we work with love we renew the spirit; that renewal is an act of self-love, it nurtures our growth. It's not what you do but how you do it.
~ bell hooks
Clearly, much of the violence in domestic life, both physical and verbal abuse, is linked to job misery. We can encourage friends and loved ones to move toward greater self-love by supporting them in any effort to leave work that assaults their well-being.
~ bell hooks
Bringing love into the work environment can create the necessary transformation that can make any job we do, no matter how menial, a place where workers can express the best of themselves. When we work with love we renew the spirit; that renewal is an act of self-love, it nurtures our growth. It's not what you do but how you do it.
~ bell hooks
It is silly, isn't it, that I would dream of someone else offering to me the acceptance and affirmation I was withholding from myself.
~ bell hooks
When we can see ourselves as we truly are and accept ourselves, we build the necessary foundation for self-love.
~ bell hooks
T]hey know they're being good when they thank the troops and their eyes shimmer with love for themselves and this tangible proof of their goodness.
~ Ben Fountain
Quand on parvient à s'aimer vraiment, on attire à soi les bonnes personnes, et le bon niveau d'échange et de complicité se crée. C'est l'association de deux êtres indépendants, qui peuvent d'autant plus s'aimer qu'ils n'ont pas besoin l'un de l'autre pour le quotidien.
~ Bernard Werber
You do matter, already. Without making one single change.
~ Beth Moore
Self-care is a requirement.
~ Kelela
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
~ Voltaire
There's always a side of me that goes, 'I'm just a nerd.' I never look at myself and say, 'I'm beautiful.' Like anyone else, I see the flaws. Guys don't do that as much as women. But you have to learn to appreciate and accept and love yourself as you are.
~ Heather Graham
My skin's not a normal sight.
~ Winnie Harlow
Sometimes I've seen comments about my knees or about my jawline, or people write things like, 'She still has signs of being a boy,' and then I realized that these are beautiful features. I've grown to love them.
~ Andreja Pejic
I've been called fat my whole life. I am fat, so it's kind of silly to get mad about it.
~ Tess Holliday