The great poet and philosopher, Rumi, left behind not only verses that touched the soul but also a profound understanding of self-love. Rumi, in the 13th century, embraced a journey of self-discovery that became a beacon for countless seekers. His words echoed the sentiment that within ourselves, we hold the universe. Rumi once likened the human heart to a garden, encouraging us to nurture the flowers of self-love amidst the thorns of life’s challenges.
1. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”—Confucius
2. “Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It’s about accepting all of yourself.”—Tyra Banks
3. “Treat yourself like someone you love.”―Glennon Doyle
4. “Beauty comes from a life well lived”— Jennifer Garner
5. “Self-love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.” —Beau Taplin
6. “You change the world by being yourself.” —Yoko Ono
7. “When things change inside you, things change around you.” —Unknown
8. “Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”—Tina Fey
9. “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”—Marilyn Monroe
10. “Love yourself unconditionally, just as you love those closest to you despite their faults.” —Les Brown
11. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”—Walt Whitman
12. “This life is sweeter than fiction.”—Taylor Swift
13. “Be enough for yourself first. The rest of the world can wait.” —fw
14. “Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.”—Sophia Loren
15. “Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self.”—Queen Latifah
16. “We accept the love we think we deserve.”—Stephen Chbosky
17. “You will belong here. . .You will make anywhere beautiful.”―Jasmine Warga
18. “The universe took its time on you.”—Rupi Kaur
19. “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”—C. JoyBell C.
20. “Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.” —Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
21. “Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and work hard. The right people—the ones who really belong in your life—will come to you. And stay.”—Will Smith
22. “Keep watering yourself. You’re growing.”—E.Russell
23. “Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.”—Beyoncé
24. “Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”―Deborah Day
25. “Love. Laugh. And live it up!”—Christie Brinkley
26. “The things that make me different are the things that make me.” —Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
27. “If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.” —Barbara De Angelis
28. “Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again.” —Lalah Delia
29. “Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always.” – Maryam Hasnaa
30. “If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.” —Charles Bukowski
31. “You find peace not by rearranging the circ*mstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” —Eckhart Tolle
32. “Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again.”—Lalah Delia
33. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”—Oprah Winfrey
34. “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”—André Gide
35. “Our first and last love is self-love.”—Christian Nestell Bovee
36. “The same light you see in others is shining within you, too.”—Morgan Harper Nichols
37. “Every exit is an entrance to someplace else.”—Patti LaBelle
38. “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Shout loud, ‘I am lucky to be what I am!…’”—Dr. Seuss
39. “Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.” —Cheryl Strayed
40. “The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” —Carl Gustav Jung
41. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”—Eleanor Roosevelt
42. “Choose, every day, to forgive yourself. You are human, flawed, and most of all worthy of love.”—Alison Malee
43. “Plant hope in your heart’s wounds.”—Alexandra Vasiliu
44. “Talk to yourself like someone you love.” – Brené Brown
45. “Keep watering yourself. You’re growing.” —E. Russell
46. “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
47. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”—Michael Altshuler
48. “Be single and save yourself for a relationship that motivates you to become the best version of yourself. Be single until you find a love that resembles the type of love you’ve been fighting for.”—r.h. Sin
49. “You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” —Yogi Bhajan
50. “It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.”—Sally Field
51. “Be a voice for change.”—Justice Sonia Sotomayor
52. “Plant hope in your heart’s wounds.” —Alexandra Vasiliu
53. “I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”―Madonna
54. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.”—Robert Morely
55. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”—Dolly Parton
56. “A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” —Haruki Murakami
57. “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.”—Rupi Kaur
58. “Gonna love myself. No, I don’t need anybody else.”—Hailee Steinfeld
59. “All lights turned off can be turned on.”—Noah Kahan
60. “Be the love you never received.”—Rune Lazuli
61. “Just do what works for you, because there will always be somebody who thinks differently.”—Michelle Obama
62. “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.” —Brené Brown
63. “All love begins with the love within.”—Vironika Tugaleva
64. “And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”—Rumi
65. “If you wish to be loved, love.”—Hecaton of Rhodes
66. “In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.” —Unknown
