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“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
― Sharon Salzberg

“When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.”
― Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart

“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.”
― Diane Von Furstenberg

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
― C.G. Jung

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”.

As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”.

As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”.

As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.

As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.

As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”.

As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worrying about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”.

As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.

We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know “THAT IS LIFE”!”
― Charlie Chaplin

“Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can't accept who you are.”
― Turcois Ominek

“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”
― Charles Bukowski

“how you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“he placed his hands
on my mind
before reaching
for my waist
my hips
or my lips
he didn't call me
beautiful first
he called me
exquisite

- how he touches me”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“I want to be the best version of myself for anyone who is going to someday walk into my life and need someone to love them beyond reason.”
― Jennifer Elisabeth, Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl

“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

“It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.”
― Eartha Kitt

“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”
― Brené Brown

“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
― Madonna

“You are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self acceptance opened.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Celebrate who you are in your deepest heart. Love yourself and the world will love you.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“Don't try to make yourself marketable, you'll be surprised to see yourself at the bottom. Stay incognito, and people will peruse the whole world looking for you, by that time, you'll be at the top.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“When you are no longer afraid is when you can be yourself.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.”
― Melinda Haynes

“Be what you are. Do what you love. Speak what you feel. Don’t hide
your humanity. Celebrate it. Embrace it.
That is how you change the world.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“Treat yourself today! You are a unique, sparkling, spectacular soul. Celebrate you!”
― Amy Leigh Mercree

“During sex, people are often way too focused on giving or taking to actually just celebrate this moment, be themselves completely, and rejoice in their own realities.”
― Roberto Hogue, Real Secrets of Sex: A Women's Guide on How to Be Good in Bed

“If you can’t remember when you last basked in your own glow, it means you’re overdue.”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road