“I don't like to feel so crazy about someone. I don't like to feel like my happiness is so tied up in another person.”— Gabrielle Zevin, amazon.com
“I fall in love myself, and I want someone to share it with me. I want someone to share me, with me.”— Eartha Kitt, petals-in-the-dirt.blogspot.com
“Commit to loving yourself completely. It’s the most radical thing you will do in your lifetime.”— Andrea Gibson, issuu.com
“I’m tired of living unable to love anyone. I don’t have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I can’t even love myself. Why is that? Why can’t I love myself? It’s because I can’t love anyone else. A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someon…”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I love myself.’ the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution. ever.”— Nayyirah Waheed, nayyirahwaheed.tumblr.com
“Just because I liked something at one point in time doesn’t mean I’ll always like it, or that I have to go on liking it at all points in time as an unthinking act of loyalty to who I am as a person, based solely on who I was as a person. To be loyal to myself is to allow myself to grow and change, a…”— Jarod Kintz, amazon.com
“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places.…”— Arundhati Roy, amazon.com
“I am learning to love myself first. It took me years and heart break to realize I am all I have.”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com
“We are so used to the idea of a woman hating herself that the thought of self love and confidence is repulsive."”— Michelle K., michellekpoems.tumblr.com
“Give yourself credit. You are doing so much better than you think you are. You are so much more accomplished than you know.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.”— Tara Stiles, theodysseyonline.com
“Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.”— Kurt Vonnegut, goodreads.com
“No one’s comfort is more important than my peace of mind and well-being, and I need to stop feeling guilty about that.”— Martine Thompson, vogue.com
“When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.”— Joel Osteen, onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com
“I need to take care of myself for once. I'm tired of looking out for everyone else and having to put aside what I want.”— Richelle Mead, amazon.com
“People will love you. People will hate you. And none of it will have anything to do with you”— Abrahan Hicks, goodreads.com