Home
🧘 Self-esteem & Self-love
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
— Oscar Wilde
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
— Buddha
“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.”
— Yogi Bhajan
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
— Rumi
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
— Mark Twain
“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
— Louise L. Hay
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.”
— Lucille Ball
“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”
— Charlotte Brontë
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
— Carl Jung
“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”
— Brigham Young
“I think everybody's weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.”
— Johnny Depp
“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.”
— Karl Lagerfeld
“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
— Benjamin Spock
“The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.”
— Swati Sharma
“Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.”
— John Mason
“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”
— C. JoyBell C.
“I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”
— Henry James
“You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won't discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself.”
— Geneen Roth
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”
— Helen Keller
“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”
— Ayn Rand
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.”
— Maxwell Maltz
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”
— William Shakespeare
“To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.”
— Robert Morley
“Don't wait for approval. Not everyone will understand your vision. You just need to believe in yourself, remain positive and go get it done.”
— Donald Trump
“When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.”
— Jean Shinoda Bolen
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”
— Michel de Montaigne
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.”
— Kurt Cobain
“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.”
— Robert Hand
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”
“Self-care is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.”
— Audre Lorde
“You are enough just as you are.”
— Meghan Markle
“Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can't accept who you are.”
— Turcois Ominek
“Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”
— Veronica A. Shoffstall
“You were born an original. Don't die a copy.”
“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”
— Denis Waitley
“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”
— Zig Ziglar
“Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
— Confucius
“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that.”
— Stacey Charter
“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”
— Steve Maraboli
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”
— Christian D. Larson
“I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.”
— Muhammad Ali
“It's not your job to like me - it's mine.”
— Byron Katie
“You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.”
— Diane Von Furstenberg
“She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.”
— Anais Nin
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”
— Marilyn Monroe
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
— William James
“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
— Michael J. Fox
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
— George Eliot
“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”
— Brian Tracy
“I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I'm either going to love me or hate me.”
— Mary J. Blige
“Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.”
— Parker Palmer
“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”
“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
“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.”
— Avril Lavigne
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren't more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they'll become self-indulgent.”
— Brene Brown
“Dismantle your wounds so you stop living your life by them.”
— Nikki Rowe
“To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.”
— Sandra Bierig
“Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.”
— Louise Hart
“Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own.”
— Bob Moawad
“The greatest success is successful self-acceptance.”
— Ben Sweet
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.”
“Becoming acquainted with yourself is a price well worth paying for the love that will really address your needs.”
— Daphne Rose Kingma
“The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.”
— Rita Mae Brown
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
— Madonna
“Self-love seems so often unrequited.”
— Anthony Powell
“You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
“I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.”
“It isn't what they call you, it's what you answer to.”
— W.C. Fields
“The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.”
— E.E. Cummings
“Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.”
— Ellen Sue Stern
“Loving yourself isn't vanity. It's sanity.”
— Katrina Mayer
“Self-respect, self-worth and self-love, all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.”
— Rob Liano
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”
— Walt Whitman
“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.”
— Aberjhani
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
“Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.”
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Don’t wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.”
— Sara Henderson
“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
“Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.”
“People who want the most approval get the least and the people who need approval the least get the most.”
— Wayne Dyer
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”
— Malcolm S. Forbes
“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses.”
“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
“The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.”
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
— Stephen Covey
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
— Marianne Williamson
“Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.”
— Nathaniel Branden
“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
“I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself.”
“He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.”
— Plato
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.”
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
— Sir Edmund Hillary
“The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.”
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
— Frederick Douglass
“Your dignity can be mocked, abused, compromised, toyed with, lowered and even badmouthed, but it can never be taken from you.”
— Shannon L. Alder
“Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect.”
— Dan Coppersmith
“The moment you know yourself you have known the most precious thing in existence.”
— Osho
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
— Socrates
“To thine own self be true.”
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.”
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.”
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
— Norman Vincent Peale
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”
— Judy Garland
“It's not your job to like me, it's mine.”
“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift of life is yours; it is an amazing journey; and you alone are responsible for the quality of it.”
“You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.”
— Lou Holtz
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
“I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home…. I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.”
— Nancie J. Carmody
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”
“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions. Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”
— Tina Fey
“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it's conformity.”
— Rollo May
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.”
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
“You don't have to live your life the way other people expect you to.”
— Chris Guillebeau
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”
— William Ernest Henley
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.”
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“You can't pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.”
— Anonymous
“Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”
— Beyoncé
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
— Nora Ephron
“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”
“The only power that exists is inside ourselves.”
— Anne Rice
“Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.”
“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.”
— Sophia Bush
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”
— Charles Bukowski
“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.”
— Robert Holden
“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.”
— Jim Morrison
“The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.”
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
— C.S. Lewis
“The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.”
— Blake Lively
“What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.”
— Anna Freud
“Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”
— Samuel Johnson
“Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
— Christopher Robin
“If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”
— Barbara De Angelis
“Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”
— Ram Dass
“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.”
— Mary Dunbar
“Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.”
“When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.”
— Jodi Picoult
“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.'”
“I think, therefore I am.”
— René Descartes
“Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.”
“The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself.”
— Bell Hooks
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”
“Becoming requires equal parts patience and rigor.”
— Michelle Obama
“Self-respect knows no considerations.”
“Self-care is how you take your power back.”
— Lalah Delia
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.”
“With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.”
— Dalai Lama
“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others.”
— Lao Tzu
“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.”
— Sally Field
“We must fall in love with ourselves. I don't like myself. I'm crazy about myself.”
— Mae West
“Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”
— Beyonce
“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”
“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears.”
— Chantal Sutherland
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.”
“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish.”
— Richard P. Feynman
“Self-love, self-respect, self-worth: There’s a reason they all start with ‘self.’ You can’t find them in anyone else.”
— Unknown
“Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.”
— Luther Burbank
“Becoming acquainted with yourself is a price well worth paying for the love that will really address you.”
“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.”
— Thomas Edison
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”
— Brené Brown
“Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.”
“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.”
— Maya Angelou
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance”
“I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny.”
— Nelson Mandela
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.”
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.”
— Jane Roberts
“You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.”
“Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you.”
— Cynthia Kersey
“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
— John Wooden
“Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.”
“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give.”
“Don’t wait for approval. Not everyone will understand your vision. You just need to believe in yourself, remain positive and go get it done.”
“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“The love and attention you always thought you wanted from someone else, is the love and attention you first need to give to yourself.”
— Bryant McGill
“A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time.”
— Andrew Matthews
“There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”
— Ernest Hemingway
“Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.”
— Jack Canfield
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”
