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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
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
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
The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli
You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.
Sophia Bush
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
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
Marilyn Monroe
Embrace the glorious mess that you are.
Elizabeth Gilbert
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.
Gisele Bundchen
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
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
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
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