50 Powerful Love Yourself First Quotes

February is all about Valentines and Galentines, but here is my take for the season, a list of love yourself first quotes.

Today I am sharing a list of 50 positive quotes that are aimed to remind yourself that you are worthy of love, especially from yourself. Loving yourself isn’t just a feel good idea, it’s the foundation for confidence, healthy boundaries, and true happiness.

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50 Love Yourself First Quotes

Below is a list of love yourself first quotes

  1. Love yourself first. Because that’s who you’ll be spending the rest of your lift with
  2. The minute you learn to love yourself you won’t want to be anyone else – Rihana
  3. How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you – Rupi Kaur
  4. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. – Oscar Wilde
  5. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent – Eleanor Roosevelt
  6. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  7. Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do -Brené Brown
  8. To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. -Robert Morely
  9. If you can’t get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one. – Mark Twain
  10. Find out who you are. And do it on purpose – Dolly Parton
  11. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does, that’s what makes you a winner – Venus Williams
  12. Love yourself so much that when someone treats you wrong, you recognize it – Rena Rose
  13. Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It is sanity – Katrina Mayer
  14. All love begins with the love within- Vironika Tugaleva
  15. Love yourself first and everything else falls in line – Lucille Ball
  16. Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always– Maryam Hasnaa
  17. Treat yourself as if you were someone inexpressibly dear to you – Agapi Stassinopoulos
  18. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  19. Self-worth comes from one thing- thinking that you are worthy- Wayne Dyer
  20. Self-care is never a selfish act. It is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others – Parker Palmer
  21. You can’t live your best life until you’ve learned to love yourself- Oprah Winfrey
  22. When will you begin that long journey into yourself? – Rumi
  23. The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself- Steve Maraboli
  24. One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself – Shannon L. Alder
  25. 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
  26. We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light – Mary Dunbar
  27. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection- Mahatma Gandhi
  28. No matter what happens, always be yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. You can’t win an argument. You can’t because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it – Dale Carnegie
  29. I’m all about body positivity and self-love because I believe that we can save the world if we first save ourselves- Lizzo
  30. When we can see ourselves as we truly are and accept ourselves, we build the necessary foundation for self-love – Bell Hooks
  31. Self-love is a, long, non-linear journey of transforming your relationship with yourself from critical to nurturing
  32. Accept yourself. Love yourself. And keep moving forward – Roy Bennett
  33. Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind – Dodinksy
  34. Our first and last love is self-love – Christian Nestell Bovee
  35. To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness – Robert Morley
  36. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection – Buddha
  37. If you have the ability to love, love yourself first – Charles Bukowski
  38. Self- love is the source of all our other loves – Pierre Corneille
  39. 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
  40. Treat yourself like someone you love- Glennon Doyle
  41. If you don’t love yourself, when someone else says horrible things to you, a part of you will always believe them – Anne Hathaway
  42. Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you. – Beyoncé
  43. In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you – Andrea Dykstra
  44. We accept the love we think we deserve – Stephen Chbosky
  45. No matter where you are on your journey, I hope you remember that self-love is always worth celebrating – Michelle Obama
  46. When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better – Solange Knowles
  47. You will never gain anyone’s approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows – Mandy Hale
  48. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  49. True self is true friend. One ignores or rejects such friendship only at one’s peril – Parker Palmer

And the last of the love yourself first quotes is a mini poem.

“i love myself.’
the
quietest.
simplest.
most
powerful.
revolution.
ever.” ― Nayyirah Waheed

Tip: Save your favorite love yourself first quotes to your journal, phone wallpaper, or mirror—it’s a simple but powerful way to remind yourself that loving you first is essential.

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What are you adding to your books this month? I am enjoying these love yourself first quotes.

You could also make a Valentine Notebook of your own and then write down all of these inspirational self love quotes to fill the pages and stay motivated!

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