Best 2316 quotes in «self love quotes» category

I could stay, and search for what had been home, or I could go, now, before the walls shifted and the way out was shut.

I could watch him do this until morning — never asking questions and never interrupting his work. I worship quietly — his intense focus and attention to detail and then, out of no where, I realize the inconvenient, inappropriate truth: ‘I love this man… and it has swallowed me.

I dance to the music in my heart.

I did not come this far to settle for less than I deserve.

I didn’t punish myself because I wanted to. I punished myself because I thought it was normal to live for others.

I’d loved women who were old and who were young; those extra kilos and large rumps, and others so thin there was barely even skin to pinch, and every time I held them, I worried I would snap them in two. But for all of these: where they had merited my love was in their delicious smell. Scent is such a powerful tool of attraction, that if a woman has this tool perfectly tuned, she needs no other. I will forgive her a large nose, a cleft lip, even crossed-eyes; and I’ll bathe in the jouissance of her intoxicating odour.

I do not mask my ineptitude. The less clutter the better the result.

I do not NEED a man. That was an impossible thought when I married John thirty years ago. It was unimaginable even seven years ago. I finally understand why lasting love has eluded me: the relationship I've been searching for all along was with myself.

I don't see myself very clearly. Then look at the people who love you...Look into their eyes and see what they're seeing; that's all you need to know yourself.

I don't trust anybody who isn't a little bit neurotic

...I don't want you to live a miserable life, which you'll end up doing if you're constantly lying to yourself and everyone else about who you really are and what you really want.

I’d rather discover my sensuality before I find love because it is through understanding my own sensuality that I can be able to love someone else with the same authenticity, passion and depth as I love myself.

I’d rather listen to what you think of yourself, than what the whole world has to say about you.

I encourage you to tend to the garden of your own heart. Plant seeds of love. Let light through. Till the soil in the dark and cut the weeds. Water yourself with kindness and compassion. By healing within, you stop attracting relationships that are unhealthy for you. Love yourself repeatedly until it becomes ritual; if you love yourself first, everything is possible. The cosmic orgasm is possible. I am speaking to everyone, not only singles; it’s easy to forget these steps when you’re in a relationship or partnership.

I fantasize the night sky to be like a cosmic blue print of my life as I close my eyes and unbutton my heart…. just in case anyone up there is listening.

If another man wanted me, I was valuable. I was esteemed, no matter that it wasn't self-esteem.

If diamonds were needy and readily available, no human searching for value would want them. And the same goes, when you want from a state of neediness of lack, you will scared away people despite your intrinsic worth, even if you don't show it, their subconscious will pick up on this energy. The moment you believe don't need anyone and fall in love with yourself, you will attract genuine love, because people can feel that you are love manifested in human form and their is magnetic pull surround that about that state. You will radiate a light to which people gather around like moths to a flame to witness your beauty.

I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self… that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when I was little, before the world got its hands on me.

I feel like a paper cut just waiting to bleed.

If ever I was running, it was towards you.

If I had a daughter, here's what I'd tell her: One day, when you've worked hard for what you want, when people see that you are confident and intelligent and that you recognize your own self-worth, when you take care of yourself, support yourself, and stand up for yourself, that is the day that the world will call you "a cruel and selfish bitch." It's a tough title to earn and you should be and proud of it.

If it bothers you to see me when then stop looking.

I find my rest and my rescue in the Lord.

If I wasn’t compassionate toward myself, no one else would be either. It had to start within.

If nothing else in this long and short life, let me be true to my conscience, to the dignity of my own heart. Let me act in a way that says, I have honored my spirit as truly as I have honored others'. Let me stand tall and rooted as a mountain in the face of a quaking world.

If the painter has clumsy hands, he will be apt to introduce them into his works, and so of any other part of his person, which may not happen to be so beautiful as it ought to be. He must, therefore, guard particularly against that self-love, or too good opinion of his own person, and study by every means to acquire the knowledge of what is most beautiful, and of his own defects, that he may adopt the one and avoid the other.

If we lack either self-awareness or confidence in who we are, we run the risk of allowing others to define who we are or who we should be.

If you are allowing something to upset or anger you, try this: Before giving in to those negative emotions, try and think of one positive thing, one learning that you will gain, a single glimpse of something that you can use to build a positive future. Here’s a nudge to push you along: You own your mind. You choose to be either a victim or to take control.

If you can be, be yourself.

If you can fall in love, then you can love.

If you can't appreciate the full worth of my courage, you can't admire my mastery.

If you can’t remember when you last basked in your own glow, it means you’re overdue.

If you continue to treat yourself like a 3rd class citizen, you’ll stay a 3rd class citizen. You’re better than that.

If you did not live to love, what have you live for?

If you don't love yourself, no other love can save you.

if you don't want to end up in someone else's poem, then maybe you should start treating people better for a change. - an unapologetic poet.

IF YOU FEEL UNDER APPRECIATED SPEAK UP " -Stephanie

If you find yourself craving approval, you are low on self-love. Stop grasping for a few scraps wherever you can. Go home and make yourself a feast. Love yourself deeply today.

If you fight yourself, you will lose, and fighting leaves scares.

If you take society’s definition of knowing oneself, you will become lost in the many translations.

If you want to change someone, start and end with yourself. You're all you've got control over. yes, other people can change. no, you can’t change other people.

Ignorance is the master key of all evils.

I had to heal all of my broken pieces in a broken place but I was never once cut by the shards glistening in the dark.

I hate pretty much everyone almost as much as I love myself.

I have been at war with parts of myself for so long

I have been confused. I have been hurt. I have been depressed. But never believed these states defined the “real” me.

I discovered that the answers to which I had been seeking reside within familiarity. Following this epiphany, I let every life experience be my spirit guide.

I do not care if nobody resembles me.

I don't break the rules, I simply bend them in my favor.

I do not want to suppress the parts of me that most want to soar for fear of what someone else may think or because it may be too much or not worthy enough or not complete or brilliant or normal enough. Self-care also means honoring the truth within us. Set yours free.