Have You Forgotten How To Love Yourself? These 29 Quotes Will Help You Through.

Have you ever had a dream, desire, or idea that you wrote off because you didn’t believe that you could accomplish it? Or, have you ever felt that you’ll never be good enough; a feeling that gripped you and made you feel that your dreams and actions were nebulous?

I have.

And of course, it acted as an impediment to not only my professional career but also in my personal life. Been there, done that? Most of us have. And do you know why this happens? Because how you see yourself decides a hell lot of things – your profession, the way you interact with others, your relationship with your partner, family, etc.

Therefore, don’t take the self-doubt monster get a hold of you. If it does, you really need to re-evaluate your relationship you have with yourself. And tada! I’m here to help you with just that.

Below are some quotes that’ll help you find the lost self-love.

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2. Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn’t have the time to sit around and talk about you. What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself. ~ C. Joybell C

 

3. What holds most people back isn’t the quality of their ideas, but their lack of faith in themselves. You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be. ~ Russell Simmons

 

4. It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~ George Eliot

 

5. 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

 

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7. I have known friendship love, parental love, romantic love, family love and unrequited love in my lifetime, but the only love that made a difference was self-love.  ~ Shannon L. Alder

 

8. People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness. ~ Sanaya Roman

 

9. Don’t doubt yourself, that’s what haters are for. ~ Turcois Ominek

 

10. Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat. ~ Warsan Shire

 

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12. It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here. ~ James Baldwin

 

13. Did your mom ever tell you, ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything’? She was right and talking nicely also applies when you’re talking to yourself, even inside your head.  ~ Victoria Moran

 

14. It’s not your job to like me…it’s MINE! ~ Byron Katie

 

15. The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours – it is an amazing journey and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins. ~ Bob Moawad

 

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17. Your problem is you are too busy holding onto your unworthiness. 
~ Ram Dass

 

18. Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it. ~ Unknown

 

19. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
 ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

20. Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have. ~ Robert Holden

 

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22. Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not the success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. ~Henri Nouwen

 

23. Don’t take anything personally. Nothings others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. -Don Miguel

 

24. 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 McMilllen

 

25. The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.  ~ Anna Quindlen

 

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27. The more you know yourself the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end – you don’t come to an achievement, you don’t come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.  ~ Unknown

 

28. You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don’t know it, all of that doesn’t even matter. ~ C. Joybell C

These were some of the quotes that will definitely change your perspective on how you see yourself in times when others don’t believe in you.

Whether you feel stuck or just need a good dose of inspiration from great minds, these should do the trick! 🙂

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