20 Quotes About Self-Love to Remind You You’re Worth It

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From Cosmopolitan

Regardless of where you are in life, if you’re single or in a relationship or somewhere in-between, learning to love yourself is one of the best things you can do for yourself.

Here, 20 quotes about self-love for when you need a little reminder that you’re not only worthy but also deserving of love:


  1. “When a woman becomes her own best friend, life is easier.” -Diane von Furstenberg

2. “Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.” -Tina Fey, Bossypants

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3. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” -George Bernard Shaw

4. “I remind myself to be kind to myself, and as slightly ridiculous as it may sound, to treat myself in the same gentle way I’d want to treat a daughter of mine. It really helps.” - Emma Stone

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6. “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” -Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

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

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Photo credit: Photo by Girlgaze for Getty Images: Stephanie Foden

8. “That five pounds lost won’t make you happier, that more makeup won’t make you prettier, that now-iconic saying from Jerry Maguire-‘You complete me’-frankly isn’t true. You are complete with or without a partner. You are enough just as you are.” -Meghan Markle, The Tig


9. “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.” -Beyoncé

10. “Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you’re most beautiful.” -Zoë Kravitz

11. “I like myself. When I am myself.” -Nayyirah Waheed, Salt

12. “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.” -Serena Williams

13. “I used to be bound by people who placed limits on what they thought I could do. Through that, I learned that if you want something, you have to be the one to go out and do it. If you don’t ask for something, you’re not going to get it.” -Ashley Graham

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Photo credit: Photo by Girlgaze for Getty Images: Nyimas Laula

14. “I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you’re having a bad day, if you don’t like your hair, if you don’t have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can’t do anything until you love yourself first.” -Julianne Hough

16. “What you need to know is, nobody can save you or heal you. Only you can do that for you.” -Jennifer Lopez

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Photo credit: Photo by Girlgaze for Getty Images: Bhumika Bhatia

17. “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

18. “You either like me or you don’t. It took me 20something years to learn how to love myself. I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else.” -Daniel Franzese

19. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

20. “Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.” -William Shakespeare, Henry V


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