45 Self Love Quotes to Remind You Just How Great You Are (2024)

Sometimes we all need a reminder of how great we truly are. All of us have days when we feel like everything we do is wrong or when we're being bombarded by images of seemingly perfect lives on social media that make us feel like we're not enough. Instead of letting the world dictate how we feel about ourselves, we can spend time focusing on self-love and positive affirmations to boost our self-esteem and our confidence. For those days when things get a bit too overwhelming and you start to doubt yourself, check out these self-affirming words to remind you of your awesomeness. And for the times when you just need that reminder of how awesome you are, these self love quote are the perfect way to get a quick confidence boost.

• "My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent."— Ruth Bader-Ginsburg
• "In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you."—Andrea Dykstra
• "As hard as it is, owning who you are and knowing what you want is the only sure path to affirmation... I want women to know they can get out of any situation if they return to their core source of strength: themselves."— Ashley Graham
• "If there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself."—Beyoncé
• "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."— Buddha
• "Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself."—Coco Chanel
• "Love yourself no matter who you are or where you come from."— Diane Guerrero
• "You find peace not by rearranging the circ*mstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level."— Eckhart Tolle
• "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."—Eleanor Roosevelt
• "Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."— Eleanor Roosevelt

  In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you. —Andrea Dykstra

• "Scarcity of self-value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence."— Gary Zukav
• "This life is mine alone. So, I have stopped asking people for directions to places they’ve never been."— Glennon Doyle
• "Don't forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally."— Hannah Bronfman
• "A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else."— Haruki Murakami
• "Comparison is an act of violence against the self."— Iyanla Vanzant
• "Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters. You will, too."— Jennae Cecelia
• "You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else."— Jennifer Lopez
• "Be yourself, but always your better self."— Karl G. Maeser
• "Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again."— Lalah Delia
• "Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults."— Les Brown
• "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."—Lucille Ball
• "I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art."— Madonna
• "If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life."— Marcus Garvey
• "Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option."—Mark Twain
• "To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature."—Martha Beck
• "All you can do is be your best self. I've always felt that I had to be that much more aware of how I present myself. I'm representing more than just me. I think every person should think that way."— Misty Copeland
• "I was once afraid of people saying, ‘Who does she think she is?’ Now I have the courage to stand and say, ‘This is who I am."— Oprah Winfrey
• "To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance."— Oscar Wilde
• "Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."— Princess Diana
• "Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self."—Queen Latifah
  
• "Make peace with your broken pieces."— R.H Sin
• "You must want to spend the rest of your life with yourself first."— Rupi Kaur
• "Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself."— Tyra Banks
• "The things that make me different are the things that make me."— Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
• "You change the world by being yourself."— Yoko Ono

  When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful. — Zoe Kravitiz

• "Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful."— Zoe Kravitiz
• "Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do."— Brene Brown
• "To me, it's that incredible sense of belonging and peace within your own self and heart that really is joy."— Goldie Hawn
• "If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that."— Gisele
• "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
• "You don't have to change who you are for anyone: if you are your regular, authentic, confident self, then you can push to do whatever you want."— Marsai Martin

  You alone are enough — Maya Angelou

• "You alone are enough, you have nothing to prove to anybody."— Maya Angelou
• "Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self."— Priscilla Presley
• "Self care is giving the world the best you instead of what's left of you."— Katie Reed
• "You are enough. A thousand times enough."— Unknown