Join us on a journey into the heart of self-love, a celebration of the unique, imperfect beauty that makes you, well, you. 

There’s no sugar coating it; life is a wild roller coaster ride, filled with breathtaking highs, challenging lows, and the full spectrum of emotions that paint the canvas of your existence.

In the midst of all this glorious chaos, there’s one constant anchor – the most crucial relationship you’ll ever have: the one with yourself. It’s the home within that guides you through the inevitable ups and downs of this human experience.

Today, we’re laying out 40+ powerful self-love quotes for women – words from poets, everyday philosophers, and other voices – all encouraging us to be kinder to ourselves.

Let’s dive into this celebration of self-love and find inspiration in the art of embracing who we are. 

Self-Love Quotes

“Perhaps, we should learn to love ourselves so loudly, it silences our insecurities.” 
– Louise Kaufmann

“Breath, darling. This is just a chapter, not your whole story.”
– S.C. Lourie

“Self care is how you take your power back.”
– Lalah Delia

“Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters, you will too.”
– Jennae Cecelia

“You are what you believe yourself to be.” 
– Paulo Coelho 

“The only person I need to compare myself to is my yesterday self.”
– Allison Sue 

“How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.”
– Rupi Kaur

“Life is too short to spend another day at war with yourself.”
– Rita Ghatourey 

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” 
– Oscar Wilde

“Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson 

“If you’re searching for that one person that will change your life, take a look in the mirror.”
– Roman Price

“She remembered who she was and the game changed.” 
– Lalah Deliah 

“And I said to my body, softly: ‘I want to be your friend.’ It took a long breath and replied: ‘I have been waiting my whole life for this.’”
– Unknown

“It was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole.”
– Rupi Kaur 

“The ocean does not apologize for its depth and the mountains do not seek forgiveness for the space they take and so, neither shall I.”
– Becca Lee

“This is my home, you see, so no longer will I let it be a place of shame or a vessel of insecurity. It will be my chapel of forgiveness and a palace of respect.”
– Becca Lee

“How bewitching it is, that moment when you realize you are your own twin flame, protector, soul mate, beloved, sacred spiral of hope, mantra of freedom, Prophet, Buddha, spirit guide, divine counterpart, hero and healer.”
– Rune Lazuli

“The moon reminds me “You are still whole no matter what phase you’re in.””
– Unknown

“We all die many small deaths in heartbreaks, in failures; but oh how we rise, stronger and better.”
– Komal Kapoor

“And I will keep reminding myself, every moment, that I matter. That I am worthy. That I am enough. I will keep reminding myself until the truth seeps into my flesh and finds its home nestled amongst my bones. Until the truth always knows the way home.”
– Becca Lee

“Be so full that even if they take & take & take & take, you can still be overflowing.”
– Alison Malee

“Healing begins when you start having honest conversations with yourself.”
– Ash Alves

“The wound is not my fault. But the healing is my responsibility.”
– Marianne Williamson

“Darling, the moon is still the moon in all of its phases.”
– Isra Al-Thibeh

“You can be a good person with a kind heart and still say no.”

“We grow through what we go through.”
– Dhiman

“It’s okay if growth means slowing down this season.”
– Dhiman

“When you say yes, make sure you’re not saying no to yourself.”
– Paul Coelho

“In the dance of life, she moves to her own music.”
– John Mark Green

“Some things have to fall apart for a new version of you to emerge.”
– Ash Alves

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
– Maya Angelou

“You don’t just wake up and become a butterfly. Growth is a process.”
– Rupi Kaur

“I am lovable because I exist.”
– Louise Hay

“Forgive yourself for the mask you wore when you didn’t feel safe enough to be yourself.”
– Ash Alves

“Their opinions are not your oxygen.”
– Curtis Tyrone Jones

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

“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.”
– Sophia Bush

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
– Rumi

“You don’t find your worth in a man. You find your worth within yourself and then find a man who’s worthy of you.”
– Unknown

“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”
– William Shakespeare

“Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won’t accept.” 
– Anna Taylor

“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
– Louise Hay

“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”
– Brian Tracy

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” 
– Rumi

“I am divinely guided at all times.”
– Louise Hay

Continue Reading: 50 Daily Affirmations for Self-Love