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Discover my favorite quotes about self-love and self-care that made me realize how differently I treat myself from others. The truth is I’m quite harsh, negative, and over-critical of myself. For example, I talk to others with kindness and empathy. And, I always try to justify their words and actions. But, I don’t show the same compassion and softness in my internal talking. So, the previous week I found and repinned a truly mind-blowing quote on Pinterest, so powerful that it stuck in me for days: “Dear me: Stop doubting, Keep Going, Believe In Yourself, You Got It! Love, me.” This note was published by Jenna Kutcher, a photographer, podcast, and educator from Wisconsin reminded me with simple words and the most gentle way of how we should treat ourselves.
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Dear me note
Sometimes we tend to be so focused on others that we forget to encourage ourselves. We may use the most flattering and kind words to others but we continuously criticize our efforts. We may justify others’ behavior but we never forgive ourselves. Inspired by this note, I gathered in this post some of my favorite quotes about self-love and self-criticism.
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My favorite quotes about self-love
Accept oneself completely
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
– C.G. Jung
Concentrate on our successes
“To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”
– Denis Waitley
Approving of yourself
“You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
– Louise L. Hay
Find all the barriers within
“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
Sin of self-neglecting
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”
William Shakespeare, Henry V
Find love within
“We can’t be so desperate for love that we forget where we can always find it; within.”
– Alexandra Elle
Deserve your love
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
– Buddha
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Your own best friend
“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.”
– Diane Von Furstenberg
Right distance between people
“We have to find the right distance between people. Too close, and they overwhelm you. Too far, and they abandon you”.
– Hanif Kureishi
Love oneself
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.”
– Oscar Wilde
Love yourself first
“If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.”
– Charles Bukowski
Overvalue what we are not
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”
– Malcolm S. Forbes
Within yourself
“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
– André Gide
Find peace within
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else”.
– Marvin Gaye
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