Do you struggle with being too hard on yourself?
If yes, welcome to the club. I do too.
I graduated recently and life has been very confusing since then. I am taking things one day at a time and doing what I must to figure things out but it’s honestly been tough.
I know I’m doing everything right but I thought I’d be at a different place in my life at my age. It doesn’t help that everybody seems to have it all figured out except me. Realistically I know they probably don’t but still.
That’s why I’ve been a little tough on myself because I constantly feel like I’m not doing enough. If you just graduated like me or you’re at a point in your life where a lot of changes are happening and you’re trying to navigate it all, maybe you can relate.
My point is we all have these moments. And those are the moments when we really need to be patient and give ourselves grace.
My life changed when I realized the importance of being kind to oneself. It can reduce your stress levels tremendously and it makes it a bit easier to face life’s challenges.
That’s why I’ve put together this list of self-love quotes to remind you that you are enough and whatever you are going through, it will pass. Given the period I’m currently at in my life, I need these reminders too.
Self-Love Quotes To Bring You Peace
1. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”—Buddha
2. “You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” – Diane von Furstenberg
3. “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
4. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure.” – Suzy Kassem
5. “I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.” – Serena Williams
6. “It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.”—Sally Field
7. “Don’t fall into the trap of sacrificing your self-esteem for affection and acceptance.” – Ashley Graham
8. “Feel the fact that you are enough.” – Mark Nepo
9. “Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
10. “To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.”—Oscar Wilde
11. “Choose, every day, to forgive yourself. You are human, flawed, and most of all worthy of love.”—Alison Malee
12. “When you say ‘yes’ to others make sure you are not saying ‘no’ to yourself.” – Paulo Coelho
13. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky
14. It is interesting how often we can’t see all the ways in which we are being strong.”—Lena Dunham
15. “Plant hope in your heart’s wounds.” – Alexandra Vasiliu
16. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”—Michael Altshuler
17. “ I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.” – Maya Angelou
18. “I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?”—Goldie Hawn
19. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky
20. “Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again.”—Lalah Delia
21. “I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”—Brené Brown
22. “Treat yourself like someone you love.”- Glennon Doyle
23. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”—Lucille Ball
24. “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.” – Rupi Kaur
25. “Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”―Deborah Day
26.“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling
27. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”—Eleanor Roosevelt
28. “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” – Louise Hay
29. “May you choose yourself, always!”―Malebo Sephodi
30. “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” – Charles Bukowski
31. “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.”- Beyoncé
32. “Look inward—the loving begins with you.”—Oprah Winfrey
33. “You are what you believe yourself to be.” – Paulo Coelho
34. “I like me. I like my story and all the bumps and bruises. That’s what makes me uniquely me.”—Michelle Obama
35. “All love begins with the love within.”—Vironika Tugaleva
36. “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”—C. JoyBell C.
37. “There is you and you. This is a relationship. This is the most important relationship.” – Nayyirah Waheed
38. “For me, self-love is like, ‘Am I sleeping enough? Eating well?’ Not: ‘Am I eating well to be able to fit into my skinny jeans?’ But: ‘Am I eating well to be healthy and strong?’ And to acknowledge the good, because there is always a lot of good.” —Kerry Washington
39. “Talk to yourself like someone you love.” – Brené Brown
40. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”—Oprah Winfrey
41. “Love. Laugh. And live it up!”—Christie Brinkley
43. “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
44. “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Shout loud, ‘I am lucky to be what I am!…” – Dr. Seuss
45. ” It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”– Edmund Hillary
I hope these quotes brought you some comfort like they have for me.
