1. “Loving yourself isn’t vanity, it’s sanity” —Katrina Meyer
2. “Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn’t make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.” —Kung Fu Panda 2
3. “Give yourself the love you are willing to give others” —Mahin Ismail
4. “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance” —Oscar Wilde
5. “Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.” —Warsan Shire
6. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” ―Shannon L. Alder
7. “how you love yourself is how you teach others to love you”―Rupi Kaur, milk and honey
8. “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” ―Charles Bukowski
9. “…you do not need to be exceptionally beautiful or talented or successful to experience the things that make life profound: love, knowledge, connection, community, and so on.” —101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think
10. “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
11. “We are at our most powerful the moment we no longer need to be powerful.” ―Eric Micha’el Leventhal
12. “To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone.” ―Soman Chainani, The Last Ever After
13. “The way you think about yourself determines your reality. You are not being hurt by the way people think about you. Many of those people are a reflection of how you think about yourself.” ―Shannon L. Alder
14. “Forget about self-image and self-judgment. It’s about self-love, and no one teaches you that at school. No one teaches you that if you accept and love yourself, nothing and no one can touch you. This is the only face and body you’re ever going to get, so be comfortable and happy in it. Own it. Own every aspect of who you are and present it to the world with the utmost pride.” ―Connor Franta, A Work in Progress
15. “Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.” ―Deborah Day
16. “Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.” ―Shannon L. Alder
17. “I am more than my scars.”―Andrew Davidson, The Gargoyle
18. “We can’t be so desperate for love that we forget where we can always find it; within.”―Alexandra Elle
19. “She held herself until the sobs of the child inside subsided entirely. I love you, she told herself. It will all be okay.”―H Raven Rose, Shadow Selves
20. “There will always be someone who can’t see your worth. Don’t let it be you” ― Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
21. “You are not broken. You are not a problem to be solved. Solving your “problem”, whatever you perceive your problem or problems to be, is not the key to happiness.”―Golda Poretsky
22. “Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.”―Deborah Day
23. “Do something nice for yourself today. Find some quiet, sit in stillness, breathe. Put your problems on pause. You deserve a break.”―Akiroq Brost
24. “I’m safe inside this container called me.”―Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
25. “Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable.”―M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
