When you do not love yourself, you lack the ability to love another. “It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.” – Eartha Kitt Slowly start attracting more of these things into your life by focusing your attention on these things and by removing your attention from things that do not serve you. Invest more of your time and energy into doing things that make you feel good. Become conscious of how various things make you feel (people, settings, situations etc.) and start to make a note of things that make you feel good and ones that make you feel bad. This quote by Warsan Shire contains a simple yet very effective tip on increasing self love. “Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself – what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. When you realize your true worth and start to value yourself, others automatically start to value you.Īlso Read: 25 Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes On Self Love (Very Deep And Insightful) 3. When you don’t love yourself, you are conveying a message to the universe that you do not deserve love and hence you are going to attract people into your life who reflect this belief back to you.īut all this changes the instant you begin to love and value yourself. It’s an unsaid rule of nature that you cannot get something that you feel you do not deserve. This is a really powerful quote by Rupi Kaur on the power of self love. “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you” – Rupi Kaur That is exactly what this quote by Charlie Chaplin is all about.Īlso Read: 8 Simple Ways To Boost Self Love 2. You put on a fake persona just to fit in where you do not belong.īut once you approve of yourself, you automatically start to let go of things that drag you down and start attracting things that are prudent to your well being. In other words, you start living an un-authentic life. You end up being with people who do not match up to your level of consciousness and hence doing things that you do not truly love. When you do not love yourself, you get stuck in this loop of seeking external validation.
“As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is not good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself.” – Charlie Chaplin The following is a list of 18 self love quotes that have the power to transform. Yes, it does sound paradoxical, but as Lao Tzu says in the Tao, “ Most of life’s greatest truths are paradoxical in nature“. It is the greatest act of selflessness you can ever undertake. And when you present your true authentic self to others, you are being anything but selfish.Īlso, it is only through loving yourself are you capable of loving others, it is only in understanding yourself do you begin to understand others (through empathy), it is only by valuing yourself do you learn to value others, it is in forgiving yourself can you forgive others, and it is only by accepting yourself as you are do you learn to accept others as they are.
So does self love makes you selfish? Not at all, self love makes you authentic it helps you shed the pretense and connect with your true self. So what exactly is self love? Self love entails understanding yourself, accepting yourself, valuing yourself, believing in yourself, forgiving yourself, taking care of yourself and always putting yourself first. Without self love, more often than not, you will end up attracting situations in your life that are not in alignment with your true desires leading to deep dissatisfaction and a sense of lack. Self love is paramount to making your life happy and fulfilling.
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