50 Best Self-Love Quotes - Empowering Quotes About Self-Love - Good Housekeeping

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Love is an all-encompassing emotion that's reserved for those closest to us. Those dear individuals who've found their way into our hearts are the lucky recipients of our affection. However, before we can show deep feelings towards others, we must first start with ourselves. Self-love is the purest and most important form of love, but it's not always the easiest to express. Reading self-love quotes can help develop a stronger relationship we have with the person who knows us best: ourselves.

We all need a gentle nudge in the self-esteem department from time to time, right? When you feel down and need encouragement, turn to some of these uplifting and empowering quotes for an instant pick-me-up. From media powerhouse Oprah Winfrey to former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, let their wise words remind you of your awesomeness.

Whether you need to give yourself more credit for your professional accomplishments or take more pride in your physical appearance, these inspiring quotes will help you feel good about yourself so you can spread love to others. Don't forget that self-love and self-care go hand-in-hand, so make sure to schedule some routine "me time" to recharge and pamper yourself.

Remember, there's no shame in being your biggest fan and personal cheerleader to get you pumped up to tackle the world.

1 Andrea Dykstra

"In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you."

2 Anna Taylor

"Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won't accept."

3 Ashley Graham

"As hard as it is, owning who you are and knowing what you want is the only sure path to affirmation... I want women to know they can get out of any situation if they return to their core source of strength: themselves."

4 Beyoncé

"If there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself."

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

6 Coco Chanel

"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself."

7 Diane Guerrero

"Love yourself no matter who you are or where you come from."

8 Eckhart Tolle

"You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level."

9 Eleanor Roosevelt

​​"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

10 Eleanor Roosevelt

"Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."

11 Ellen DeGeneres

"Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come."

12 Gary Zukav

"Scarcity of self-value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence."

13 Glennon Doyle

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

14 Hannah Bronfman

"Don't forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally."

15 Haruki Murakami

"A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else."

16 Iyanla Vanzant

"Comparison is an act of violence against the self."

17 Jennae Cecelia

"Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters. You will, too."

18 Jennifer Lopez

You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else."

19 Karl G. Maeser

"Be yourself, but always your better self."

20 Karl Lagerfeld

"Don't sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there's nothing else you can give, and nobody will care for you."

21 Lalah Delia

"Keep taking time for yourself until you're you again."

22 Les Brown

"Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults."

23 Lucille Ball

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

24 Madonna

"I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art."

25 Marcus Garvey

"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life."

26 Mark Twain

"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option."

27 Martha Beck

"To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature."

28 Misty Copeland

"All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of how I present myself. I'm representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way."

29 Oprah Winfrey

"I was once afraid of people saying, 'Who does she think she is?' Now I have the courage to stand and say, 'This is who I am.'"

30 Oscar Wilde

"To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance."

31 Princess Diana

"Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."

32 Queen Latifah

"Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self."

33 r.h. Sin

"Make peace with your broken pieces."

34 Rupi Kaur

"You must want to spend the rest of your life with yourself first."

35 Tyra Banks

"Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself."

36 Unknown

"You are enough. A thousand times enough.""Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself."—Tyra Banks

37 Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne

"The things that make me different are the things that make me."

38 Yoko Ono

"You change the world by being yourself."

39 Zoë Kravitz

"Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful."

40 Brené Brown

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

41 Goldie Hawn

"To me, it's that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy."

42 Gisele Bündchen

"If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that."

43 Kristin Chenoweth

"If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy."

44 Marsai Martin

"You don't have to change who you are for anyone: if you are your regular, authentic, confident self, then you can push to do whatever you want."

45 Maya Angelou

​​"You alone are enough, you have nothing to prove to anybody."

46 Phylicia Rashad

"Loving oneself isn't hard when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure."

47 Priscilla Presley

"Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self."

"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."

49 Sylvester McNutt

"Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Fall in love with the path of deep healing. Fall in love with becoming the best version of yourself but with patience, with compassion, and respect to your own journey."

50 Katie Reed

"Self care is giving the world the best you instead of what's left of you."

Karla Pope Karla Pope is a longtime writer, editor and lifestyle blogger who enjoys exploring New York City with her two young children.

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