Self-Love Quotes

Being kind to yourself is a practice, not a personality trait. These 20 self-love quotes are reminders to rest, to forgive yourself and to stop apologizing for taking up space. You deserve the same compassion you give everyone else.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. — Rumi
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Rumi
Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions: Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead. — Chanakya
Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions: Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
Chanakya
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. — Confucius
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. — Lao Tzu
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. — Sun Tzu
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
Sun Tzu
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy. — Thich Nhat Hanh
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. — Katherine Mansfield
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
Katherine Mansfield
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself. — Plato
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.
Plato
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. — Mark Twain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes. — Walt Whitman
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. — Rabindranath Tagore
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Rabindranath Tagore
Be realistic: plan for a miracle. — Osho
Be realistic: plan for a miracle.
Osho
What you seek is seeking you. — Rumi
What you seek is seeking you.
Rumi
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. — Kahlil Gibran
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.
Kahlil Gibran
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. — Dalai Lama
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
Dalai Lama
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. — Gautama Buddha
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Gautama Buddha
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