“It's impossible to love yourself while also being ashamed of who you are, where you come from & what you've been through. Until you learn to love those things, you will depend on others to love them for you.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“Self love forces you to evolve. It forces you to adjust old habits & toxic behaviors. It forces you to hold yourself accountable for the spaces you occupy & the people you surround yourself with. It forces you to practice discipline & align your choices with your ambitions.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“if you need rest, give yourself that. if you need peace, give yourself that. if you need love, give yourself that. heal yourself, first.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“It’s not weak to stand by the person you love when they’re trying to fix a big mistake, and it’s not weak to decide to put yourself first.”— Sylvia Day, amazon.com
“You are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“i’m trying to love the shattered window of myself: the hands: the rocks: the broken religion left behind: my inheritance is a body of vandalized cathedrals: light me on fire: strip my god from my breath: watch as i dance amidst the flames.”— George Abraham, tinhouse.com
“Pay attention to the signs. Stop making excuses for people. Stop defending their inconsiderate ways. Start taking care of you and your own needs.”— Reyna Biddy, reynabiddy.tumblr.com
“I just want someone who will love me. when I do not know how to love myself.”— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com
“I am not wearing makeup because I decided my monolid is beautiful and despite what Disney cartoons have led you to believe, you don’t need long eyelashes to be a woman.”— Carolyn A. García, afropunk.com
“For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that ‘unless you love yourself, no one else will love you’ …The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in…”— Bruce D. Perry, amazon.com
“my mentor asked me "would you be friends with people who spoke to you the way you speak to yourself?" and I was fucked up for 30 minutes.”— javie, twitter.com
“I would say to any girl out there to strive above and beyond your dreams and reach for the stars, because if you underestimate yourself, you’re never going to achieve what you could accomplish with self confidence.”— Alexandra Rizk Keane, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try accepting yourself and see what happens.”— Louise Hay, amazon.com
“I need to learn how to stop destroying myself, stop being hard on myself, and be nice to myself.”— Daul Kim, telegraph.co.uk