11 Self-Love Quotes To Help You Feel Empowered

It's true, love makes the world go round, yet we often forget that includes self-love. Self-love makes the world go round, too. How we treat our selves matters deeply. It matters because it is the foundation of life and ultimately dictates how we will feel and treat those around us. When we have compassion for ourselves, we can offer compassion for others. When we treat ourselves with kindness, we can offer kindness to others. Everything starts within. 

So here are my top 11 self-love quotes to help you feel empowered, inspired and ready to look within.

#1 "To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness." - Robert Morely

#2 "You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

#3 "You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserves your love and affection."

- Buddha

#4 "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

#5 "You are free, you are powerful, you are good, you are love, you have value, you have a purpose. All is well."

- Esther Hicks

#6 "Self-esteem and self-love are the opposites of fear: the more you like yourself, the less you fear anything."

- Brian Tracy

#7 "Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives."

- Louise Hay

#8 "Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do."

- Brene Brown

#9 "To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now."

- Alan Cohen

#10 "You are a unique collection of cells and energy that will never again be recreated on this planet earth. In that way alone, you are worthy."

- Jacob Geers

#11 "If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."

- Jack Kornfield

If you enjoyed these self-love quotes, I recommend checking out our Free Journal Prompts for Self-Love.