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80 Best Self-Love Quotes

You deserve the love you so freely give to others.

You know what’s really sad? So many people think it’s strange, or even wrong to openly say that they love themselves.

Far too often, self-love gets mistaken for selfishness. But here’s the truth: caring for yourself isn’t vanity, it’s survival. That glow you radiate when you genuinely value who you are? It’s not arrogance. It’s the foundation for everything good in your life.

Below are some powerful self-love quotes to remind you why putting yourself first is never something to feel guilty about.

Short Self-Love Quotes

You deserve the love you so freely give to others.
Unknown

Keep choosing you, again and again.

Keep choosing you, again and again.

If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind, too. Ivan Nuru

If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind, too.
Ivan Nuru

You glow differently when you are smiling.

You glow differently when you are smiling.

You are not alive just to pay bills and lose weight. Unknown

You are not alive just to pay bills and lose weight.
Unknown

Treat yourself a bit better. Talk to yourself a little nicer.

Treat yourself a bit better. Talk to yourself a little nicer.

Make yourself a priority.

Make yourself a priority.

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

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

If no one is there for you, be there for yourself.

Do things at your own pace. Life’s not a race.

Self-love is the greatest middle finger of all time. Unknown

Self-love is the greatest middle finger of all time.
Unknown

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

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

Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey

Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah Winfrey

Your energy is magnetic. So stop making yourself small.

Your energy is magnetic. So stop making yourself small.

We accept the love we think we deserve. Stephen Chbosky

We accept the love we think we deserve.
Stephen Chbosky

Do not bother to hold on to that thing that does not want you. Rupi Kaur

Do not bother to hold on to that thing that does not want you.
Rupi Kaur

You can be a masterpiece and also a work in progress. Unknown

You can be a masterpiece and also a work in progress.
Unknown

Be a better you, for you. Unknown

Be a better you, for you.
Unknown

You are so much more than what they say about you.

You are so much more than what they say about you.

Better single than taken for granted. Unknown

Better single than taken for granted.
Unknown

Life is easier when you become your best friend.

Life is easier when you become your best friend.

Best Self-Love Quotes

Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.

Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.

Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.

Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.

You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.

You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.

If you’re searching for that one person that will change your life, take a look in the mirror.

If you’re searching for that one person that will change your life, take a look in the mirror.

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously

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

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

Be yourself. An original is so much better than a copy.

Be yourself. An original is so much better than a copy.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart into it, take yourself out of it.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart into it, take yourself out of it.

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

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

Stop underestimating yourself.

Stop underestimating yourself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s whom you think you’re not.

It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s whom you think you’re not.

Eat as you love yourself. Move as you love yourself. Speak as you love yourself. Act like your love yourself. Love yourself.

Eat as you love yourself. Move as you love yourself. Speak as you love yourself. Act like your love yourself. Love yourself.

There’s no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let others get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.

There’s no need to be perfect to inspire others. Let others get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.

Put yourself at the top of your to-do list every single day and the rest will fall into place.

Put yourself at the top of your to-do list every single day and the rest will fall into place.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Confidence is the ability to feel beautiful, without needing someone to tell you.

Confidence is the ability to feel beautiful, without needing someone to tell you.

You were born to be real, not to be perfect.

You were born to be real, not to be perfect.

Self-Love Quotes For Women

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant being your own person, being independent. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant being your own person, being independent.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. Oprah Winfrey

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Oprah Winfrey

When you make a mistake, respond to yourself in a loving way rather than a self-shaming way Ellie Holcomb

When you make a mistake, respond to yourself in a loving way rather than a self-shaming way
Ellie Holcomb

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

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

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

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

This life is mine alone. So I have stopped asking people for directions to places they've never been. Glennon Doyle

This life is mine alone. So I have stopped asking people for directions to places they’ve never been.
Glennon Doyle

Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves. Diana

Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.
Diana

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. Maxwell Maltz

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
Maxwell Maltz

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Shout loud, ‘I am lucky to be what I am! Dr. Seuss

Today you are you! That is truer than true!
There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Shout loud, ‘I am lucky to be what I am!
Dr. Seuss

Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you. Beyoncé

Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.
Beyoncé

Funny Self-Love Quotes

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “Oh crap, she’s up! Unknown

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “Oh crap, she’s up!
Unknown

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. Maxwell Maltz

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
Maxwell Maltz

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

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

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly. Oscar Wilde

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.
Oscar Wilde

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

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

I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it. Johnny Depp

I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.
Johnny Depp

One advantage of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. A. A. Milne 

One advantage of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
A. A. Milne 

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

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

I am a queen because I know how to govern myself. Lailah Gifty Akita

I am a queen because I know how to govern myself.
Lailah Gifty Akita

It’s not your job to like me…it’s mine! Byron Katie

It’s not your job to like me…it’s mine!
Byron Katie

Self-Love Quotes For Instagram

Be yourself, there’s no one better.”

Be yourself, there’s no one better.”

Confidence level = selfie with no filter.”

Confidence level = selfie with no filter.”

Take me as I am or watch me as I leave

Take me as I am or watch me as I leave

I’m an original and that’s perfection in itself

I’m an original and that’s perfection in itself

“The entire universe deserves your love. You also deserve to experience it back.

“The entire universe deserves your love. You also deserve to experience it back.

Life is better when you’re laughing

Life is better when you’re laughing

“Be you, do you, for you.

“Be you, do you, for you.

“I am unapologetically myself.

“I am unapologetically myself.

I just leveled up

I just leveled up

A better version of me

A better version of me

Self-Love Quotes After Breakup

Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.  Oscar Wilde

Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary. 
Oscar Wilde

One day they’ll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones.  Turcois Ominek

One day they’ll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones. 
Turcois Ominek

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.  Paulo Coelho

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant. 
Paulo Coelho

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.  Robert Morley

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. 
Robert Morley

I needed to lose you to love me
Selena Gomez

I needed to lose you to love me
Selena Gomez

Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.  Anonymous

Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve. 
Anonymous

You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one. Anonymous

You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one.
Anonymous

The more you love yourself, the less nonsense you’ll tolerate.  Anonymous

The more you love yourself, the less nonsense you’ll tolerate. 
Anonymous

Your greatest responsibility is to love yourself and to know you are enough.  Anonymous

Your greatest responsibility is to love yourself and to know you are enough. 
Anonymous

Work on being in love with the person in the mirror who has been through so much but is still standing.  Anonymous

Work on being in love with the person in the mirror who has been through so much but is still standing. 
Anonymous