“You have to love yourself, because no amount of love from others is sufficient to fill the yearning that your soul requires from you.”
— Dodinsky, author of In The Garden of Thoughts series (from Twitter)

 

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
— Audre Lorde, author, poet, activist. From A Burst of Light: Essays

 

“Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging”
— Dr. Brene Brown, researcher and author. From The Gifts of Imperfection.

 

“If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
— Audre Lorde, from Sister Outsider

 

“You have to learn to love yourself before you can love me or accept my loving.”
— Audre Lorde, “Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger,” Sister Outsider

 

“No matter how much I get done, OR is left undone at the end of the day, I am enough!”
— Dr. Brene Brown, researcher and author. from The Gifts of Imperfection

 

“Self love is the source of all other loves”
— Pierre Corneille, French dramatist and poet (1606-1684 )

 

“When you get to a place, where you understand that love & belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible!
— Dr. Brene Brown, Ted Talk Blog

 

“I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?”
— Goldie Hawn, actress

 

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through it is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.”
— Dr. Brene Brown, from The Gifts of Imperfection

 

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” — African Proverb

 

“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we are all in this together.” — Dr. Brene Brown, from The Gifts of Imperfection

 

“Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being with the opportunity to have the unconditional love we may have always longed to receive from someone else.”
— Bell Hooks, author. From All About Love

 

“Self respect, self worth, and self love all start with self. Stop looking outside of yourself for your value.”
— Rob Liano, author