43 Quotes About Love Yourself First

We all have our own unique personalities, but sometimes we let others’ expectations of us get in the way of being our authentic selves. Let these quotes on self-love guide you in learning to love yourself, no matter what.

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Above everything else, genuinely love yourself first. Self-love is powerful and it’s the best love that you will ever have. When you love who YOU are, your relationships will be healthier and your life will be happier. Self-love sets the standard in how we allow others to treat us and how we treat ourselves. Your happiness and well-being is important. Protect it by always valuing who you are! Stephanie Lahart
What if we treated the ones we loved the same...
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What if we treated the ones we loved the same way we treated ourselves? Rain Cooper
It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to...
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It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack. Germany Kent
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Love from a genuine place, but don’t lose yourself trying to change someone that has clearly shown you their true character and intentions. Know your worth! Your first priority should be YOU, always. Love shouldn’t be complicated, so don’t willingly compromise yourself with unnecessary hurt, pain, and disappointment. Have confidence in yourself! Protect your heart! Your love is valuable and so are you! Save your love for someone who truly deserves it, appreciates it, and wants it. . Stephanie Lahart
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What do you see when you look in the mirror? I hope it goes beyond beauty. I hope what you see is that person who's worth it and deserves nothing less than the best, I hope that you see beyond the pain, I hope that you see the glory ahead of you, I hope that you see the strong woman who doesn't break to fail, but breaks to stand and I hope that you'll always remember that you need to love the person in the mirror first to make a change . Temitayo Olami
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What do you see when you look in the mirror? I hope it goes beyond beauty. I hope what you see is that person who's worth it and deserves nothing less than the best, I hope that you see beyond the pain, I hope that you see the glory ahead of you, I hope that you see the strong woman who doesn't break to fail, but breaks to stand the tallest and I hope that you'll always remember that you need to love the person in the mirror first to make a change . Temitayo Olami
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Don’t ruin your life over somebody else’s foolishness. If they want to leave, let them leave! Manipulating, begging, or coercing someone to stay with you is an insult to SELF. Have confidence in yourself! Know your worth! Take a stand for YOU. You deserve to be loved, respected, and appreciated by someone who’s genuinely in love with you. It may hurt to let go, but trying to force someone to stay with you is more damaging than you realize. It’s VERY unhealthy. Set Yourself Free! Be a Priority to Yourself!. Stephanie Lahart
Forgiving yourself, believing in yourself and choosing to love yourself...
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Forgiving yourself, believing in yourself and choosing to love yourself are the best gifts one could receive. Brittany Burgunder
It doesn't matter what others think. This is about YOU....
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It doesn't matter what others think. This is about YOU. Create a life that you genuinely love with your whole heart & start with yourself. Brittany Burgunder
It doesn't matter what others think. This is about YOU....
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It doesn't matter what others think. This is about YOU. Create a life that you genuinely love with your whole heart and start with yourself. Brittany Burgunder
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But even a vessel pulsates, beats and pumps in ecstasy and in rage! I wonder are the way we are because we are trying to protect ourselves from the “monsters” not realizing this fear that we are harboring inside us is turning us into goblins and ghouls ourselves? Not even a heart caged inside of ribs can be protected. Who can really be to blame for your broken heart? In-turn we find our own vices , our own ways to cope, ways that we petrify our bodies our lives in such a fashion so we can stop and notice the stars sparkling in the sky everything and everyone that embodies love YOUR LOVE… and every spec dancing in our own light, specs we failed to see because of our own faults. QuietStormPoet
Fall in love with progression for everyday would change your...
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Fall in love with progression for everyday would change your world. Napz Cherub Pellazo
Loving yourself comes first from there everything else falls into...
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Loving yourself comes first from there everything else falls into place Shellie Palmer
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Respect, Love, and Value yourself. Always remember to be good to yourself by taking care of yourself. Make yourself a priority and know that it’s okay. Don’t feel guilty for loving yourself, first! You’re just as important as anybody else. Stephanie Lahart
If your heart is conflicted, teach it to be unrestricted.
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If your heart is conflicted, teach it to be unrestricted. Nikki Rowe
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If you want to do something healthy for yourself - focus on your internal relationship. A diet, external, or materialistic fix WON'T work. Brittany Burgunder
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I could have loved him with everything I had but he wasn't prepared for the depth i provided ~ had I been a woman of weakness I would have stayed, but he lost the chance when he said I wasn't enough that day. Nikki Rowe
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When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own. Mandy Hale
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Somewhere, somebody is looking for someone exactly like you. Germany Kent
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When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up. Germany Kent
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Value yourself first and only then you can learn to value others. Charlyn Khater
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Fear, jealousy and anger are manifestations of a lack of being in love. Being in love is possible only when you are in love with yourslef first. Self-love is an inborn quality that has been corroded because of social conditioning. As a result, we forget that love is within is, or rather, we are the source of love. Vishwas Chavan
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It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. What matters is you can look in the mirror, and love who you see. B. Dave Walters
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The only love you should desperately search for, is the one that comes from you to you. Unknown
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No amount of love from the outside can make up for the lack of self-love in one's heart. Unknown
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You are your own soul mate, so love and treat yourself in the same way you would your life partner. Miya Yamanouchi
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There is nothing shameful about loving yourself. The shame is in NOT loving the unique and brilliant individual that you are. Miya Yamanouchi
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It is only when we can look inside and learn to love deeply that which resembles uncut gravel within ourselves that we will be blessed to find it filled with diamonds Alice Nicholls
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Being hated isn't easy, you know. You just cannot falter meeting their expectations. Aniruddha Sastikar
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The highest law in nature is love yourself, and seek your own interests before anything else Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Ask yourself, WHAT DO I WANT?” Ask yourself, how can I take a baby step towards my goal today? Have “a job” you don’t like? Change your perspective from it being “a job” into a “stepping stone” to accomplish WHAT YOU WANT! It’s no longer “a job” you do not enjoy. Now, you have TRANSFORMED “your job” into “a means to an end” that is SERVING YOU and WHAT YOU WANT! Allow everything you do both enjoyable and not so enjoyable to SERVE YOU for YOUR PURPOSE! -Shay Dawkins . Shay Dawkins
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If absence makes the heart grow fonder, then DO NOT be afraid to LEAVE someone who is messing with YOUR MOOD in a detrimental way. Shay Dawkins
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Everything has happened, is happening, and will happen FOR YOU (if you BELIEVE and ACTIVELY LIVE by this mentality)! Shay Dawkins
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No one is capable of loving and caring about YOU how you are capable of loving and caring about YOU. Thus, you must ‘First Love Yourself’ if you want to continuously become a better version of yourself. Shay Dawkins
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You should have a little “too much personality, ” be a little “too focused” on your goals, be a little “too different, ” be a little “too confident, ” take “too many” chances, go after your dreams a little “too much, ” be a little “too strong, ” be a little “TOO RELENTLESS” in the PURSUIT of WHAT YOU WANT, and be a little “TOO PASSIONATE” about the LOVE you feel towards YOUR LIFE and your TEAMMATES so that YOU begin to FEEL a little “TOO ALIVE! ” AYYYYYY! . Shay Dawkins
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One ‘Magic Formula’ is for you to become your own best friend and your own biggest critic SIMULTANEOUSLY. Shay Dawkins
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Communicating to others WHAT YOU WANT will enable you to start ‘BUILDING YOUR TEAM’ to accomplish whatever goal you have made for yourself. The bigger the goal you make for yourself, the bigger and better TEAM you must BUILD to accomplish the goal. Have average goals? Create an average team or do it by yourself. Have CHAMPIONSHIP GOALS? Create a CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. Want to be LEGENDARY? Create a LEGENDARY TEAM! . Shay Dawkins
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Love yourself' is not 'Lust yourself. Shay Dawkins
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If you don’t start going after WHAT YOU WANT, then you will NEVER GET WHAT YOU WANT! Do you want to be on your death bed wondering, ‘WHAT IF? WHAT IF I would’ve quit letting life pass me by and just went for it?! ’ JUST GO FOR IT! LIVE ALL OUT! Shay Dawkins
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Communication is a major key to building any strong relationship, whether it is the relationship one has with oneself or with others. Sinful communication weakens yourself, weakens those you care about, and thus weakens your team. Shay Dawkins
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You either WIN or you LEARN. Either way, you WIN! Shay Dawkins
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You say you need to love others, but do you love yourself Bangambiki Habyarimana