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Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Building Confidence

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

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
Carl Jung

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.
Amy Bloom

The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.
Robert Hand

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

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.
Diane Von Furstenberg

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

The moment you start accepting yourself, you become beautiful.
Osho

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Accepting Yourself

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.
Roy T. Bennett

You are enough just as you are.
Meghan Markle

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
Michel de Montaigne

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Overcoming Insecurities

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli

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.

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

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Finding Inner Strength

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

Believing in yourself is the first secret to success.
Unknown

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Zig Ziglar

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

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Brian Tracy

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Embracing Imperfections

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Marilyn Monroe

You don't have to be perfect to be amazing.
Unknown

Embrace the glorious mess that you are.
Elizabeth Gilbert

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Self-Love And Self-Worth

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Oscar Wilde

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.
William Shakespeare

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

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.
Wayne Dyer

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Being Your Own Cheerleader

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.
Christian D. Larson

You are the only person who can make yourself feel inferior.
Eleanor Roosevelt

You are the only one who can make it happen for you. Others can support and encourage you, but you have to find the energy within in order to step into the center of your own life and take charge.
Lynn V. Andrews

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Celebrating Your Unique Qualities

You are a unique and beautiful creation of this universe. Believe in yourself and your purpose.
Unknown

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
Walt Disney

You are a masterpiece. You are handpicked by God. You are loved.
Unknown

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
Woodrow Wilson

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Recognizing Your Value

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

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are.
Max Lucado

You are worthy of love and belonging.
Brene Brown

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Forgiving Yourself

Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it.
Maya Angelou

Forgive yourself for the mistakes of the past and all the things you think you have done wrong. That was the best you knew how to do at that moment. Now that you know better, you can do better.
Luminita D. Saviuc

Forgive yourself for accepting less than you deserved. But don't do it again.
Unknown

Forgive yourself for the blindness that put you in the path of those who betrayed you. Sometimes a good heart doesn't see the bad.
Unknown

Forgive yourself for the times you were not gentle with yourself. For the times you said 'yes' when you wanted to say 'no'. For all the times you didn't take care of yourself like you should have.
Unknown

Forgive yourself for the times you forgot your own worth. For the times you settled for less than you deserved. For the times you let someone else define your value.
Unknown

Forgive yourself for the times you didn't love yourself enough. For the times you let someone else's love be more important than your own. For the times you forgot that you are worthy of love.
Unknown

Forgive yourself for the times you didn't trust yourself. For the times you let fear make your decisions. For the times you didn't believe in your own strength.
Unknown

Forgive yourself for the times you didn't speak up. For the times you let someone else's voice be louder than your own. For the times you didn't use your voice to make a difference.
Unknown

Forgive yourself for the times you didn't follow your dreams. For the times you let someone else's dreams be more important than your own. For the times you didn't believe in your own potential.
Unknown

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Empowering Yourself

Self-esteem is the foundation of a fulfilled life.
Unknown

The moment you start to wonder if you deserve better, you do.
Unknown

Self-love, self-respect, self-worth: There’s a reason they all start with ‘self.’ You can’t find them in anyone else.
Unknown

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Trusting Your Instincts

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.
Benjamin Spock

Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life.
Steve Jobs

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs

You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
Steve Jobs

The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.
Gisele Bundchen

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Honoring Your Boundaries

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

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.
Paulo Coelho

You get what you tolerate.
Henry Cloud

Love yourself enough to set boundaries and to stick to them. You are worthy of love and respect.
Unknown

Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal, and necessary.
Doreen Virtue

You are allowed to say 'no' to anyone who makes you feel uncomfortable.
Unknown

You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.
Unknown

Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.
Eleanor Brown

You are worthy of love and respect, from yourself and others. Don't settle for anything less.
Unknown

Love And Self-Esteem Quotes About Respecting Yourself

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.
Joan Didion

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

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
John Herschel

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

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