33 Quotes That Prove Loving Yourself Isn't Selfish

“Just try on the mind of someone who loves themselves.”

— 21 Day Challenges, amazon.com

“Practicing self-love means learning how to trust ourselves, to treat ourselves with respect, and to be kind and affectionate toward ourselves.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“In order to change my reality, or my future, I need to change the way I think.”

— Aleksandra Zaric, amazon.com

“Those who do not feel love inside simply cannot give any love. That is why self-love is so central for a fulfilling life and for all kinds of relationships.”

— Alexander Janzer, amazon.com

“Perhaps loving something is the only starting place there is for making your life your own.”

— Alice Koller, amazon.com

“And the way you feel about your body, the way that, ultimately, you treat your body,”

— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com

“it was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole.”

— Rupi Kaur, amazon.com

“It's really comfortable when you start loving yourself enough. You stop settling for less. You stop forcing yourself to do something you don't want to. You stop being with someone who makes you feel bad. You stop comparing yourself to anyone or anything around. You become a whole kingdom yourself.”

— Shahd El Hadidy, facebook.com

“You are enough. You’ve ALWAYS been more than enough, but to the wrong people you’ll always be inadequate.”

— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com

“You wake up with a list of all the people you'd rather be. But you're already on everyone else's list.”

— Iain S. Thomas, amazon.com

“I don’t have perfect teeth. I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn’t want to change anything.”

— Emma Watson, emma-watson.net

“If you want to change the way others treat you, you should first change the way you treat yourself.”

— Elif Shafak, amazon.com

“When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn't healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits - anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.”

— Kim McMillen, amazon.com

“The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“You can't love yourself at the expense of someone else”

— Miranda Lambert, amazon.com

“I hope that you do not let the world condemn you for being too loud, too expressive, too soft; that you do not let it convince you to be perfect instead of real. I truly hope that you celebrate the fact that you are not for everyone, that you are not impressing the kinds of people who were built on…”

— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com

“Not only do self-love and love of others go hand in hand but ultimately they are indistinguishable”

— M. Scott Peck, amazon.com

“I am, for some reason, actually happy with who I am and the muscle, the bones, and the flub that exist beneath these clothes. I don’t need to lose 20 lbs. to be attractive. I don’t need to starve myself of the good things of life to be healthy. And, I don’t need to chase someone else’s ideal of what…”

— Dan Pearce, amazon.com

“When you don’t value yourself, you will accept and even welcome people who don’t value you into your life.”

— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com

“When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

— Lao Tzu, goodreads.com

“Hopefully as you get older, you start to learn how to live with your demon. It’s hard at first. Some people give their demon so much room that there is no space in their head or bed for love. They feed their demon and it gets really strong and then it makes them stay in abusive relationships or star…”

— Amy Poehler, amazon.com

“You have to drown out those little voices in your head telling you that you can’t do anything spectacular, because you’ll fail, or because you’re simply not good enough, and what on earth makes you think that you have what it takes? Pay no attention to this. Hear those voices and make it your missio…”

— Shani Jayawardena, thoughtcatalog.com

“An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken.”

— Mandy Hale, amazon.com

“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.”

— Stephanie Lahart, amazon.com

“If you're going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. You need to fill it out mentally as well as physically.”

— Jojo Moyes, amazon.com

“The minute you learn to love yourself, you would not want to be anybody else.”

— Rihanna, elle.com

“I know how you feel when you're alone lying on your bed, looking at your phone as if it's meant to bring you peace from all the demons tugging at your head. You ask yourself 'who in the world will love me? And you should always remember how no one will not ever, unless you love yourself.”

— R.M Drake, amazon.com

“You have to have the courage to clear out negative people, influences and attitudes in your life.”

— Daphne Rose Kingma, amazon.com

“Each time you decide not to beat yourself up you create room for another person to love you.”

— Daphne Rose Kingma, amazon.com

“Being left out is familiar to you, you think you deserve it. You believe there is something about you which is the reason.”

— Daphne Rose Kingma, amazon.com