This week I feel like sharing some of my new favorite self-love quotes that will make you think, help you remember and inspire you towards a deeper, a gentler and a more loving connection with yourself and your body.

Your self-love journey is actually the journey back to yourself. Back to loving yourself, as a child in your pure innocence, you did love everything about yourself, till ofcourse the world took over when you grew up. Believe me, it is one of the most beautiful experiences you can have. Life is too short to be anything other than who you truly are.

I know, I grew up with severe body image issues. Lots of trauma surrounding my looks and how I was treated and body shamed from very early on in my life. I have since done a lot of work to heal from it. Its a hard inner battle. One of the ways(among many others) that helped me heal was reading empowering words like the ones I am going to share with you.

In the upcoming articles, I will delve into the complexities of body image issues, body shaming, body dysmorphia, and body positivity, and explore the potential for healing from these concerns. Stay subscribed for it ❤

So, now without further ado, here are 23 of my favorite self-love quotes. I hope they ignite something inside of you like they did for me. ❤

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23 Empowering Quotes to Boost Body Positivity and Self-Love

You do know that you came to earth for a reason, and it wasn’t to waste your time playing small. Remember that as you read further ❤

1. You’re a human being, you live once, and life is wonderful, so eat the damn red velvet cupcake. ~ Emma Stone

2. You are worth more than a waistline. You are worth more than beer bottles displayed like drunken artifacts. You are worth more than any naked body could proclaim in the shadows. More than a man’s whim or your father’s mistake. You are no less valuable as a size 16 than a size 4. You are no less valuable as a 32a than a 36c. ~ Mary Lambert

3. What is this drive to be thinner, prettier, better dressed other? Who exactly is this other and what does she look like beyond the jacket she’s wearing or the food she’s not eating? What might we be doing, thinking, feeling about if we didn’t think about body image, ever? ~ Caroline Knapp

4. If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. ~ Maya Angelou

5. To all the girls that think you’re ugly because you’re not a size 0, you’re the beautiful one. It’s society who’s ugly. ~ Marilyn Monroe

6. You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful. ~ Amy Bloom

7. My body is my home and I will not tear it down. ~ Anastasia Amour

8. 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.’ ~ Nayyirah Waheed

9. Losing weight is not your life’s work, and counting calories is not the call of your soul. You surely are destined for something much greater, much bigger, than shedding 20 pounds or tallying calories. What would happen if, instead of worrying about what you had for breakfast, you focused instead on becoming exquisitely comfortable with who you are as a person? Instead of scrutinizing yourself in the mirror, looking for every bump and bulge, you turned your gaze inward? ~ Lisa Turner

10. Mirror mirror on the wall, I do not hear your siren’s call. I care not what you think of me, I am much more than you can see. ~ Queenisms

11. A mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually vaccinates her daughter against low self-esteem. ~ Naomi Wolf

12. Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body. ~ Saraha

13. It’s also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that’s sitting right here right now…with its aches and its pleasures…is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive. ~ Pema Chodron

14. No diet can substitute for the wisdom of your body. ~ Brooke Castillo

15. People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. ~ Salma Hayek

16. She held herself until the sobs of the child inside subsided entirely. I love you, she told herself. It will all be okay. ~ H. Raven Rose, Shadow Selves

17. Your body loves you. Your body works hard to keep you alive. ~ Lisa Consiglio Ryan

18. I’m excited about the ageing process. I’m more interested in women who aren’t perfect. They’re more compelling. ~ Emma Watson

19. How much time have I wasted on diets and what I look like? Take your time and your talent and figure out what you have to contribute to this world. And get over what the hell your butt looks like in those jeans! ~ America Ferreira

20. There is nothing wrong with your body, but there is a lot wrong with the messages which try to convince you otherwise. ~ Rae Smith

21. You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself. ~ Geneen Roth

22. Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms. ~ Gloria Steinem

23. Real beauty isn’t about symmetry or weight or makeup; it’s about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own. ~ Valerie Monroe

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I hope you enjoyed these empowering quotes. If you’ve got a favorite one not listed here, please share it with us in the comments.

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