35 Quotes That Prove The Greatest Love Story Starts With Yourself

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

— Elif Shafak, amazon.com

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

— 21 Day Challenges, amazon.com

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”

— Victor Hugo, yourtango.com

“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance”

— Oscar Wilde, positivityblog.com

“The number one way to attract love is to make yourself into a vessel that can receive it.”

— Sabrina Alexis, amazon.com

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

— M. Scott Peck, amazon.com

“We're desperate to love. And because we're so desperate, we find ourselves falling for people who we realize aren’t worthy of our love.”

— Paul Hudson, elitedaily.com

“Our capacity to love another is directly proportional to our capacity to love ourselves.”

— Meggan Watterson, Lodro Rinzler, amazon.com

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.”

— Lucille Ball, positivityblog.com

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

— Miranda Lambert, amazon.com

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

— Lucille Ball, amazon.com

“Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.’”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“It’s a very simple premise—loving yourself. I’ve been criticized for being too simplistic, and I have found that the simple things are usually the most profound.”

— Louise Hay, louisehay.com

“Part of trusting yourself is listening to yourself.”

— Lakeysha-Marie Green, amazon.com

“Most women are starving to receive something from a man that they need to give to themselves.”

— Sherry Argov, 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

“You are searching for treasure but the real treasure is yourself.”

— Rumi, patheos.com

“Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it’s a process. It’s often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there.”

— Emma Watson, marieclaire.co.uk

“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

“Loving yourself is hard. Hating yourself is harder.”

— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com

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

— Beyoncé Knowles, mic.com

“If you're comfortable with yourself—which everyone can get to, to some extent—that's when you start getting into who is your real self.”

— Shirley MacLaine, newindianexpress.com

“I fell in love but not with someone or something. I fell in love with life. For the first time, everything inspired me.”

— R.M Drake, amazon.com

“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“Self-criticism and negative thoughts about yourself will attract people who reflect this back to you, showing critical behavior and can abuse you physically.”

— Hina Ahmad Hashmi, amazon.com

“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.”

— Robert Holden, books.google.com

“Realize that loving yourself is more important than having a line of boys ask you out on a date.”

— Sade Andria Zabala, amazon.com

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

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“Wake up, decide to be confident, and then do it.”

— Kendra Syrdal, thoughtcatalog.com

“I’m still learning to love the parts of me that no one claps for.”

— Rudy Francisco, twitter.com