“But here’s the deal, sweet stranger. You deserve to be the protagonist of your own wonderful, bizarre, terrifying little life. If you decide you are enough, you are enough. You don’t need to wait for some grand external validation of your worth before you offer your kindest heart to yourself.”— Kathy Brown, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Selfish, Self-Love, Being Selfish, Loving Yourself
“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.comTagged: Approval, Validation, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance, Independence
“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.”— Stephanie Lahart, amazon.comTagged: Hard Work, Dreams, Self-Love
“I fell in love with myself and I thought about what makes me, I am just like a flower that needs watering to grow. I learned to nurture myself in every way. I love myself for all the good that I see and accept my flaws and the fact that I am imperfect. This does not mean that I do not learn to chang…”— Denise Small, amazon.comTagged: Self-Love, Loving Yourself, Embracing Yourself, I Am A Flower, Loving Myself Despite Flaws
“If you learn to really sit with loneliness and embrace it for the gift that it is…an opportunity to get to know you, to learn how strong you really are, to depend on no one but you for your happiness, you will realize that a little loneliness goes a long way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibran…”— Mandy Hale, amazon.comTagged: beauty, Self-Love, Confidence
“To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too.”— Victoria Moran, amazon.comTagged: Self-Love, imperfect, beauty, Confidence
“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”— Scott Westerfeld, amazon.comTagged: beauty, ugly, Self-Love, Confidence, Love
“When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and you pray for rain.”— Andrea Gibson, youtube.comTagged: Love, Pain, Healing, Self-Love, Self-Help
“You will still be art even when he stops admiring.”— Anonymous, krowkadile.tumblr.comTagged: Art, Inspirational, Self love, strength, Perspective
“This isn’t a story about how some guy finally saves me from myself. I’m my own hero here; I do the saving.”— Kerry Cohen, amazon.comTagged: Honesty, Relationships, Love, Hero, Self-Love
“You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt but still, like dust, I’ll rise.”— Maya Angelou, amazon.comTagged: feminism, strength, Self love, Poetry, Spilled Ink
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”— Albert Camus, amazon.comTagged: Depression, Inspirational, Summer, Surfing, strength
“Here is how you walk away from him: you get up, flick your hair, sashay away and never look back.”— Kat George, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Moving On, Breaking Up, Exes, Leaving, Goodbyes
“I am sorry they mistook your kindness for weakness, Don’t they know? It takes a strong heart to pump all this blood, all this trying, all this willingness to be open when everyone around is trying to force you closed. You warrior with a purple heart. You lover with a Grand Canyon of possibility. The…”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Beautiful, Ari Eastman, Love, Nature, Poetry
“The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.”— Douglas Coupland, brainyquote.comTagged: Alone, Loneliness, Being Alone
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.”— Anne Frank, amazon.comTagged: Anne Frank, Alone, Lonely, Love, God
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”— Dr. Suess, amazon.comTagged: Dr. Suess, Smile, Alone, Love
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”— Gandhi, goodreads.comTagged: Gandhi, Love, Being Alone
“Tears are words that need to be written”— Paul Coelho, goodreads.comTagged: Paul Coelho, Alone, Tears, Love
“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us”— Brian Jacques, goodreads.comTagged: Brian Jacques, Comfort, Love, Loss
“Trust that some of the best days of your life haven’t even happened yet. There are going to be parties that leave you dancing until 6am, spontaneous adventures that teach you more than you ever learned in a classroom. There are going to be nights that will stay burned beneath your eyelids, memories…”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Bianca Sparacino, Life, Love, Memories
“See, sometimes courage isn’t climbing Mount Everest or changing the world. Sometimes your mountain to climb is made up of weekdays and months, made up of pushing yourself forward even when you want to nestle into the past. Sometimes changing the world means changing your world, as gradually as you n…”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Bianca Sparacino, Life, Hard days, Hope
“Set yourself free, sweet soul. You can smile now. You are free to breathe without caution. The past is nothing but sand on the soles of your shoes, mud on your old car tires, and dusty Polaroid pictures on your refrigerator. Set yourself free and stop setting yourself on fire for every wrong thing t…”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Love, forgiveness
“Don’t compare yourself to others and feel inadequate. Their journey is not the same as yours and their success doesn’t mean you’re a failure — it means your path is different.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Rania Naim, Love, Hope
“I’m saying, for your own sake, for the sake of your future happiness, you have got to look away from it to start your journey forward. Once you do, your life will change. It’s not going to be overnight. It’s definitely not going to be momentary. But one day, you will wake up and find the heaviness o…”— Nikita Gill, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Nikita Gill, Past, Future, Hope
“There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.”— Sophie Kinsella, amazon.comTagged: Resilience, Starting Over, Change
“What I am really saying is that you don’t need to do anything, because if you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much extraordinary phenomenon of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water, the flickering of fire, the arrangement of the stars, and the form of a galaxy. You a…”— Alan Watts, amazon.comTagged: How To Think, The Art of Awareness, Psychology, Philosophy
“if you are broken and they have left you do not question whether you were enough the problem was you were so enough they were not able to carry it.”— rupi kaur (@rupikaur_), instagram.comTagged: Poetry, Instagram, Prose
“never apologize for burning too brightly or for collapsing into yourself every night. that is how galaxies are made.”— Tyler Kent White (@tylerkentwhite), instagram.comTagged: Poetry, Prose, Instagram
“You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.”— Shannon Alder, amazon.comTagged: How To Think, Miracles, The Art of Awareness, Philosophy