107 Empowering Self-Love Quotes for Healing

Looking for a little inspiration to look after yourself more – starting with self-love? Well, I’m excited to share these beautiful self-love healing quotes to empower you to show up for yourself every day.

These motivational self-love quotes will give you guidance on your own self-love journey.

The Power of Inspiring Self-Love Quotes

When you need support in life quotes can be such a powerful tool to remind us…

• We are not alone
• Good can be found in bad
• We can be inspired by others who’ve experienced similar situations

Practicing self-love has so many benefits, from:

• Improving low self-esteem and increasing self-confidence
• Supporting yourself on bad days
• Reducing negative emotions
• Having a deeper understanding of what you need to be happy
• Helping you see the positive things in life

Let’s start with my absolute favourite self-love quotes of all time by Lucille Ball…

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.”

– Lucille Ball

This holds true no matter who you are – as we all know – we can’t pour from an empty cup. When we don’t love ourselves first, it can impact all aspects of our lives, in a negative way.

So let’s find inspiration in these beautiful self-love and self-healing quotes to give us the motivation to actively and mindfully love ourselves fully every day.

Journey To Self-Love Quotes

Self-love is a continuous journey that we must choose to be on every day of our lives. 

2. “Sometimes you need to take a break from everyone and spend time alone, to experience, appreciate and love yourself.” – Robert Tew

3. “To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone.” – Soman Chainani

4. “We can’t be so desperate for love that we forget where we can always find it; within.” – Alexandra Elle

5. “Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It’s about accepting all of yourself.” – Tyra Banks

“It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.”

– Eartha Kitt

7. “Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” – Mark Twain

8. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

9. “In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.” – Andrea Dykstra

10. “A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” – Haruki Murakami

11. “Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there’s one person who never ceased to love you – yourself.” – Sanhita Baruah

12. “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” – Malcolm S. Forbes

14. “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Dr. Maya Angelou

15. “I’m constantly amazed by how easily we love ourselves above all others, yet we put more stock in the opinions of others than in our own estimation of self. . . . How much credence we give to the opinions our peers have of us and how little to our very own!” – Marcus Aurelius

Empowering Self-Love Quotes

17. “Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right–and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head.”  – Victoria Moran

18. “One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others.” – Bell Hooks

19. “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

20. “The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.” – William James

21. “To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” – Allan Cohen

“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 others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.”

– Parker Palmer

23. “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

24. “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.” – Anna Taylor 

25. “The real difficulty in self love is combating the inner critic who goes against our own wishes by challenging our own beliefs. You know you’re worthy of love, but the critic keeps reminding you of the past pain that you can’t let go of.” – Anonymous

26. “Tell yourself how wonderful you are, how great you are. Tell yourself how much you love yourself.” – Don Miguel Ruiz

27. “I love the person I’ve become because I fought to become her.” – Kaci Diane

28. “Forgive yourself for accepting less than you deserve. But don’t do it again!” – Unknown

29. “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel

30. “She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.” – Proverbs 31:25

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31. “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski

32. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde 

34. “She remembered who she was and the game changed.” – Lalah Delia

35. “Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.” – Queen Latifah

36. “You are what you believe yourself to be.” – Paulo Coelho

37. “Our first and last love is self-love.” – Christian Nestell Bovee

“I don’t like myself. I’m crazy about myself.”

– May West

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

40. “The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” – Mark Twain

41. “Be the love you never received.” – Rune Lazuli

42. “Flowers need time to bloom. So do you.” – Unknown

43. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Morely

44. “Seek to be whole, not perfect.” – Oprah

45. “Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.” – Katrina Mayer

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

47. “If we treated ourselves as well as we treated our best friend, can you imagine?” – Meghan Markle

48. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”  – Eleanor Roosevelt

50. “It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and make your happiness a priority. It’s a necessity.” – Mandy Hale

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

– Dr. Seuss

52. To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

53. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

54. “When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers.” – Sandbar Khan

55. “Everyone one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.” – Diana, Princess of Wales

56. “Life tried to crush her, but only succeeded in creating a diamond.” – John Mark Green

57. “Your soul will never be fully nourished by anyone’s love but your own.” – Dominee

58. “Know your worth. Don’t ask for it. State it once and never accept anything less.” – Unknown

59. “Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.” – Brené Brown

60. “Love yourself so much that when someone treats you wrong, you recognize it.” – Rena Rose

Self Love Quotes For Healing 

61. “As I began to love myself, I found that anguish and emotional suffering were only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.” – Charlie Chaplin

62. “You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay

63. “The people who trigger us to feel negative emotion are messengers. They are messengers for the unhealed parts of our being.” – Teal Swan

64. “In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.” – Andrea Dykstra

65. “Start healing your heart and you will look beautiful.” – Alexandra Vasiliu

66. “The absence of self-love can never be replaced with the presence of people’s love for you.” – Edmond Mbiaka

67. “Compassion for self and others may very well be the answer to healing our hurt, hate-filled world.” – Laura Jack

“I love the person I’ve become because I fought to become her.”

– Kaci Diane

69. “Don’t compare your life to others, there’s no comparison between the sun and the moon, they both shine when it’s their time.” – Unknown

71. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling

72. “Breathe darling, this is just a chapter. It’s not your whole story.” – S.C. Laurie

73. “Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

74. “Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you’re worth the trip.” – Glenn Beck

Quotes For Self Respect

75. “I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.” – Maya Angelou

76. “Either they like you or they don’t. Never try to convince somebody of your worth. If a person doesn’t appreciate you, they don’t deserve you. Respect yourself and be with people who truly value ‘you.’” – Brigitte Nicole

77. “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.” – S. McNutt

“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”

– Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

79. “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” – Confucius

80. “If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.”- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

81. “Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage.” – Thucydides

83. “Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.” – Marcus Aurelius

84. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” – Jack Kornfield

85. “Having healthy boundaries not only requires being able to say “no” but also being willing and able to enforce that “no” when necessary.” – Jessica Moore

86. “Happiness is the highest form of self-respect. A person who allows himself to be happy shows his self-respect.” – Marty Rubin

87. “Stand up for who you are. Respect yourself and ignite the divine sparks in you. Access your powers. Choose your rights and work together with others to bring blessings into the lives.” – Amit Ray

88. “Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.” – Robert Tew

89. “Not being yourself is the worst form of self-disrespect.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Best Self Love Quotes

90. “You carry so much love in your heart. Give some to yourself.” – R.Z. 

91. “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott

92. “Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.” – Beyonce

93. “You get the benefits of both giving and receiving compassion when you offer it to yourself.” – Rick Hanson

94. “Love is about becoming the right person. Don’t look for the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, become the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.” – Neil Strauss

“Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again.”

– Lalah Delia

96. “I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody.” – Louis L’Amour

97. “I wish I could make everyone understand how important this statement is: go where you are wanted.” – S. McNutt

98. “If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can’t hear them anymore.” – Michele Ruiz

99. “Self-kindness is self-empathy. And even when I talk to myself like someone I love and it feels weird, it works.” – Brené Brown

100. “I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side.” – Dr. Maya Angelou

101. “You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” – Wayne W. Dyer

102. “When you realize how much you’re worth, You’ll stop giving people discounts.” – Karen Salmansohn

103. “You don’t have to stop fighting for others, you just have to remember to fight for yourself too.” – Liz Newman

104. “Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self respect, values, morals and self worth.” – Buddha

105. “Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” ― Author-Poet Aberjhani

106. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” – Shannon L. Alder

107. “Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. – Helen Keller

What Self-Love Quotes Inspire You The Most?

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