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I’m a huge fan of consuming inspiring content. Sometimes all it takes is reading some encouraging words to boost my mood and help me realize things are more okay than they seem.

As humans, we tend to have a negativity bias, or a natural focus on the negative. Of course, if we are already prone to view things negatively, this can be a huge barrier to self love. We have to work extra hard to build a positive relationship with ourself.

Something as simple as reading inspiring quotes like these helps remind me I’m not alone in what I feel. Hearing kind reminders about self love fills me with hope and expands my belief in myself. I’m excited to share these self love quotes because the longest relationship you will have is the one with yourself.

As you read them, I encourage you to try to have a neutral mind. What I mean by that is try not to judge yourself, or feel badly if you don’t feel self love right now. Just let yourself observe what comes up for you. Reading these quotes about self love is a great chance to practice accepting yourself, wherever you are.

This post shares 15 inspirational quotes about self love to help you feel more at home with yourself.

Inspirational Quotes About Self Love

Here are some beautiful quotes about self love! I did my best to track down the original source of the quote because a lot of times when seeing quote lists, I wonder what book or where the quote came from. I’ve also added some reflections of my own after a few of the quotes.

I hope these self love quotes help you realize you are a home to yourself, and that self love is possible. If there is a quote that especially resonates with you, I’d love for you to leave a comment!

1. “I am mine. Before I am ever anyone else’s.” – Nayyirah Waheed, Nejma

2. “And why not make all your talks with yourself, pep talks?” – Cleo Wade, Heart Talk

How often do you think about the way you speak to yourself? Your self talk matters. Speaking to yourself in kind or encouraging ways can help you build or practice self love. Even if you notice the way you speak to yourself isn’t the kindest or most loving – just notice it without judgement, and use that as an opportunity to try giving yourself more “pep talks.”

3. “There will always be someone who can’t see your worth. Don’t let it be you.” Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule

I find it easier to doubt and dislike myself when I get those messages from other people or society. Sometimes people speak so convincingly when they find our flaws. But this Mel Robbins quote is a great reminder that those messages from outside ourselves are inevitable, and actually don’t need to hold more weight for me than my own feelings about myself. And that gives me a little more motivation to work on being able to love myself, even when I hear messages that I shouldn’t.

4. “If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart.” – Pema Chodron, Start Where You Are

I love this quote. It speaks to the way we very naturally react to things that are painful or hurt us, without attending to ourselves first.

When we jump ahead to try and blame or lash out at something that hurt us, we lose an opportunity for self love and self connection. To ask ourselves why is this so hurtful, and what is this bringing up in me. And to check in with ourselves and ask: what do I need to care for myself in this moment, and how can I comfort those hurting parts of me?

5. “All the versions of you that you didn’t love, brought you to the version of you, that you love now. Be grateful for every you — you’ve been.” – Lalah Delia

Even if there were or still are moments you didn’t feel self love, you can always give love to those past, unloved versions of yourself in any moment. This is such a beautiful idea, and something that can be really healing to practice.

6. “One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others.” bell hooks, All About Love

7. “Love yourself not in some egocentric, self-serving sense but love yourself the way you would love your friend in the sense of taking care of yourself, nourishing yourself, trying to understand, comfort, and strengthen yourself.” – Frederick Buechner, Telling Secrets

8. “Never doubt or underestimate your own abilities. We are all stronger, smarter, talented, beautiful, and more resilient than we were told.” – CeCe McDonald

9. “Unless we love ourselves, our hearts are as good as a black hole all the love in the world can’t fill.” – Nadine Bjursten, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky

10. “A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.” Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

I know it’s commonly said that you can’t love anyone else until you love yourself, but I don’t always think that’s the case! It’s so invalidating to say that your love for others is impossible until you love yourself. It’s hard to love yourself. And struggling with self love doesn’t mean you are incapable of loving others.

You can also learn so much from relationships, even when you don’t feel self love. When people have been kind and loving to me, or I observe people acting on self love toward themselves, it teaches me how I can love myself better. And I truly believe that loving friendships and relationships can act as a deeply supportive environment that allow you to build self love.

11. “You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life

12. “Remember, you weren’t the one who made you ashamed, but you are the one who can make you proud. Just practice, practice until you get proud, and once you are proud, keep practicing so you won’t forget. You get proud by practicing.” – Laura Hershey

If you have time, I recommend you read the entire poem this self love quote is from. The essence is that being proud, and I believe this applies to self love too, is a practice. It’s something you have to work at, and you have to practice, just like anything else you want to become better at!

“You get proud by practicing.” It seems so obvious, but we put so much pressure on ourselves and feel badly when we don’t automatically love ourselves or find it challenging. Think about how many moments and experiences you had that taught you to feel shame or guilt. Overcoming that and developing a new mindset full of self love and self acceptance will take time! And that’s okay.

13. “If you want a better life, focus on releasing the blocks that stop you from loving yourself unconditionally.” – Yung Pueblo, Inward

14. “I promise you that the same stuff galaxies are made of, you are. The same energy that swings planets around stars makes electrons dance in your heart. It is in you, outside you, you are it. It is beautiful. Trust in this. And you and your life will be grand.” – Kamal Ravikant, Live Your Truth

This quote is powerful, because it puts things into perspective. It’s easy to be zoomed into any one moment of your life, and feel the weight of that moment. But we are a part of a whole universe, and we contain the same atoms that galaxies are made of.

You are connected to the whole world, and have infinite capacity to love yourself and others.

15. “Here’s what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now. Not if, not when, we’re worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.” – Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

What a great quote to end this list. You are worthy of self love now, and you don’t have to earn it. All you have to do is start looking within with a little more gentleness, and start figuring out what your barriers are to self love. Then, give those and all parts of you care and kindness.

This post shared 15 inspirational quotes about self love to encourage you to be more loving to yourself.

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Trusting yourself may seem simple, but building self trust takes time. These affirmations are all about self trust and how to build it. These self trust affirmations will help you become more open to trusting yourself.

It’s okay if you don’t feel self trust or you look for external validation. It is so much easier to doubt yourself. If you trust yourself when making decisions and things don’t work out, it feels like you only have yourself to blame.

Building self trust is a practice – think of it like building a habit. It is going to be hard at first because you are used to doubting yourself and looking for validation outside of yourself. It’s easy to fall back on your usual patterns and ways of thinking. That’s okay! There’s nothing wrong with that, and more importantly, nothing wrong with YOU.

I know self trust was scary for me at first! As much as I felt an inner sense of choices I wanted to make or things I wanted to try, I didn’t feel I could do anything without someone telling me it was okay. Now I practice checking in with myself first so I can build that inner trusting relationship with myself. I hope these affirmations will help you begin to feel more self love, trust, and confidence.

This post includes 101 self trust affirmations to help you believe in yourself and trust yourself more.

What is the right way to use affirmations?

Affirmations are positive statements or quotes to encourage positive self talk. They are often written beginning with “I” or “I am” statements to make them more personal and powerful to use.

There is no right way to use affirmations! (I know, my brain also tells me there is a right way and a wrong way for everything.)

However, here are some examples of ways you might incorporate these self trust affirmations into your day or routines.

How To Use Affirmations

• Write them down in a journal or use a journal with space for a daily affirmation
• Speak them to yourself in a mirror
• Take deep breaths and say your favorite affirmations to yourself
• Put them on sticky notes where you will see them as reminders to yourself
• Use them in the moment – if you are experiencing self doubt, take a breath and say an affirmation
• Create your own affirmations! Use these self trust affirmations as a jumping off point to create affirmations that feel more meaningful and personal to you.

Encouraging Self Trust Affirmations

Below you will find self trust affirmations in a variety of categories from affirmations to develop self trust to self trust when making decisions. You can skip to the category that feels most helpful to you or read them all and see what jumps out!

I’ve numbered them from 1 to 101 if you’d like to read them all, so just keep in mind the numbering won’t start over with each category of self trust affirmations. Enjoy these affirmations, and feel free to modify them in your own words as you use them. You want them to feel personal and good to you!

Feeling Lack Of Self Trust

1. I am beginning to develop self trust, and that’s okay.
2. I accept my lack of self trust with kindness and without judging myself.
3. I am trustworthy, even when I don’t feel trust in myself.
4. Recognizing my lack of self trust is an important step toward growth.
5. I am gentle with myself as I navigate self doubt.
6. I forgive myself for the moments I didn’t trust myself or my intuition.
7. I am enough, even when I feel unsure of myself.
8. I honor my feelings about self trust, even the uncomfortable ones.

Develop Self Trust

9. My intuition is a trustworthy part of me that I am beginning to follow.
10. I choose to trust myself more each day.
11. I am safe to rely on my thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
12. Even if someone has a different experience or opinion, I can still hold space for my own.
13. I am proud of the steps I take toward building self trust.
14. It is okay to go at my own pace as I develop self trust.
15. I am reliable and trustworthy.
16. My experiences and feelings are valid.
17. I can practice self trust, even when it feels scary.
18. I don’t have to be perfect at trusting myself.
19. I can trust my feelings and emotions.
20. When I feel self doubt, I remind myself I am trustworthy.

Self Trust and Confidence

21. I am confident in my growing ability to trust myself.
22. I begin each day with confidence and self trust.
23. My self trust creates a foundation for unshakable confidence.
24. I can be bold and brave when guided by my inner wisdom.
25. I am confident because I trust myself to handle any obstacles that arise.
26. I trust my ability to adapt to whatever comes next.
27. I am capable of taking on challenges and overcoming difficulties.
28. I believe in myself.
29. It is safe to speak up for myself.
30. I can trust myself to take risks.
31. I don’t need others to validate me – I can validate myself.
32. I radiate confidence because I trust my own worth.

Trust Yourself To Make Decisions

33. I trust myself to take the next step, even if it’s small.
34. It is safe to trust myself when making decisions.
35. Hearing others disagree with me does not mean I have to doubt myself.
36. I release the need for external validation and trust my own judgement.
37. I am allowed to change my mind as I grow and evolve.
38. I make thoughtful decisions and trust myself to follow through.
39. My choices reflect my values and experiences.
40. Each decision I make strengthens my relationship with myself.
41. I let go of my fear of making the wrong decision.
42. I trust that I can handle the outcome of any decision I make.
43. It’s okay to still feel a need for external validation.
44. With practice, I will become more confident in my ability to make decisions.
45. I can make decisions for myself, without needing the validation of others.
46. Even if others doubt my choices, I can still move forward toward the best decisions for me.

Self Trust In Relationships

47. I trust my ability to choose healthy relationships.
48. I can trust myself to set boundaries with others.
49. It’s okay to prioritize my wellbeing over someone else’s expectations of me.
50. Trusting myself makes my relationships stronger.
51. I trust myself to recognize when a relationship is no longer healthy for me.
52. I am allowed to say no without guilt or explanation.
53. I am a trustworthy friend.
54. What others see in my does not define me – what I know about myself is the most important thing.
55. I am capable of recognizing red flags in relationships.
56. I trust myself to navigate conflicts with care and integrity.
57. I trust my own judgements in deciding who to build relationships with.
58. Because I am trustworthy, I choose relationships with people who trust me.
59. I deserve trust, from myself and others.

Self Love and Trust

60. I am learning to trust and love myself as I am.
61. I can trust myself because I love myself.
62. I trust myself to show up for me, even on hard days.
63. No one’s opinions of me can take away from my innate worth and trustworthiness.
64. I trust that I am deeply deserving of love and respect.
65. My self love deepens as I listen to and respect my inner voice.
66. I am learning to trust my emotions as valid and important.
67. I can make mistakes and still love and trust myself.
68. I trust that I am enough, and don’t have to prove my worth to anyone.
69. Loving myself means I can forgive myself for mistakes I have learned from.

Trust Yourself When You Have Anxiety

70. When I am anxious, I can trust my senses to bring me back to calm.
71. When I feel overwhelmed, I trust myself to take things one step at a time.
72. I am capable of asking for support when I need it.
73. I trust my ability to get through difficult days and challenging moments.
74. I can handle uncertainty with compassion and trust in myself.
75. When I feel anxious, I can rely on myself to take care of myself.
76. I trust myself to return to the present when I feel overwhelmed.
77. Even if my anxiety makes me doubt myself, I can remind myself I love and trust myself.
78. I can trust myself to create calm in the here and now.
79. I have gotten through anxious days before, so I know I can do it again.
80. Every hard moment I get through proves I can manage my anxiety.
81. When life feels hard, I can rely on my inner strength.
82. I know how to care for myself when my anxiety feels heavy.

Self Trust After a Mistake

83. I trust myself to learn and grow from my mistakes.
84. I am allowed to make mistakes and still believe in myself.
85. Forgiving my mistakes helps me rebuilt trust with myself.
86. Each time I get back up after failing, I show myself how capable I am.
87. I trust myself to keep trying, no matter what.
88. I can acknowledge my mistakes without needing to doubt myself.
89. I have made mistakes before and grown because of them.
90. I am worthy of trust, even when I stumble.
91. My mistakes can remind me of my courage to take risks and go after what I want.
92. My self trust grows when I meet my mistakes with compassion.

Overcoming Self Doubt

93. Feeling doubt is just a reminder that I am growing and pushing myself outside my comfort zone.
94. My path is valid, even if it looks different than others.
95. I release the fear of judgement and trust my authentic self.
96. I am learning to trust myself, even when things are uncertain.
97. Moments of doubt don’t invalidate my self worth.
98. I can trust I have everything I need in this moment.
99. When feeling uncertain, I can remember I’ve made it through every challenge in my life so far.
100. I love myself when I feel confident, and I love myself when I feel scared.
101. I am more capable than my doubts want me to believe.

Now you have plenty of affirmations to help remind you to believe in yourself!

If you want to keep reflecting on your self trust, I made a YouTube video all about how to level up your self trust. I love cozy games so I’d love to hear if you’ve played the games I mentioned in this video! Talking about self trust and mental health within the context of gaming helps keep this topic gentle and easy to learn about.

I hope you enjoyed these encouraging self trust affirmations to help you build a more positive relationship with yourself!

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