Do you often daydream about what your life could be?

Do you miss out on opportunities because you feel like you’re not good enough?

Do you often need validation or attention from others to feel worthy?

Do you conform to society to be liked or loved?

At some point, we have all been there! There are many things in life that are important and essential. However, there is nothing more important than loving yourself.

Why you may ask??

Reason 1

One reason you need to love yourself more, starting today, is so your opinions of yourself will improve and that tendency to sabotage or abuse yourself will go out of the window! And guess what else…you won’t feel the need to be validated by others to prove how awesome you are. Your task is not to seek for love!

Reason 2

Life becomes simple when you love yourself more. When your self-esteem is high, your confidence is up, and your thoughts are positive, life will be easier. You will find that you aren’t stressing about the little things or the things that usually get you all “bent out of shape”. You will feel happier because you won’t be making mountains out of molehills, worrying about everything – you know, the things we sometimes do.

Reason 3

One of the most important reasons to love yourself is because you deserve the best. You deserve the good things in life. Once you realize this, you will begin to go after what you want. You will be more focused and motivated than ever before to follow your dreams and reach your goals.

Here are 32 of the best self-love and happiness quotes. I hope these love yourself quotes and sayings will inspire and uplift you.

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Self-love Quotes

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Self-love Quotes: Self-love is Key

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

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2. “Self-love is the source of all our other loves.” – Pierre Corneille

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

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

5. “Self-love is really a foundation for everything, and however you practice or express that is so, so important.” -Solange Knowles

6. “We can climb mountains with self-love.” -Samira Wiley





Self-love Quotes to Improve Your Love Skills

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

8. “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

9. “If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.” -Bell Hooks

10. “To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance” – Oscar Wilde

11. “It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.” – Sidney J. Harris

Self-love Quotes are the Secret to Happiness

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

13. If you’re not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.” Tyrese Gibson

14. Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” Jim Rohn

15. “Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” – Stacey Charter

16. “Happiness means loving yourself and being less concerned with the approval of others.” -Owen Campbell, Jr.

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

18. Happiness is not in things; happiness is in you.” – Robert Holden





Self-love Quotes to Improve Your Attitude

19. “Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.” -Wilfred Peterson

20. “Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.” -Karolina Kurkova

21. “It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.” – Sally Field

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

Self-love Quotes to Embrace Your Flaws

23. “If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.” -Kristin Chenoweth

24. “Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness.” – Ram Dass

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

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

27. “The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.” – Rita Mae Brown

28. No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.” ― Robert Hoden

Self-love Quotes to Love Yourself Unconditionally

29. “Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.” -Les Brown

30. “I don’t like myself, I’m crazy about myself.” – May West

31. Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” -Brene Brown

32. “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 is yours – it is an amazing journey – and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.” – Bob Moawad





Promise me that you will work hard to get to know yourself and find self-love.

What is your favorite self-love quote? Feel free to share the best one(s) you found in this article or in your life in the comments below.