31 Powerful Self-Love Quotes That'll Help You Find Peace After Your Breakup

The first person you should love is yourself.

31 Powerful Self-Love Quotes That'll Help You Find Peace After A Breakup
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The most important person in your life is you. When you're in a relationship, you have to balance your time with your partner and all of the other moving parts that make up your life that at the end of the day, you forget how important it is to take care of yourself.

After a breakup, you're probably feeling alone, like it's your fault, and that you didn't do enough to fix the relationship. That's not true. You did everything exactly as you could have.

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Sometime's love just doesn't work out the way you expect it to. To get you out of your post-breakup rut, here are some self-love quotes that will help you love yourself again.

1. You're so unique.

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Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary. Oscar Wilde

2. You deserve the world.

Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.Anonymous

3. Shine like a diamond girl!

One day they’ll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones.Turcois Ominek

4. Time to turn the page.

You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one.Anonymous

5. He'll wish he could have you again.

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He’s going to be sorry he lost you, so stop worrying. Forget the past, forget the pain and remember what an incredible woman you are. Anonymous

6. Always rainbows after rain.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant. Paulo Coelho

7. Don't take sh*t from anyone.

The more you love yourself, the less nonsense you’ll tolerate.Anonymous

8. Here's the secret.

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. Robert Morley

9. Do it for the haters.

Self love is the greatest middle finger of all time. Anonymous

10. Do it for you.

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Your greatest responsibility is to love yourself and to know you are enough.Anonymous

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11. Be 100% that woman.

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “oh cr*p she’s up!”Unknown

12. Mirror mirror on the wall.

Work on being in love with the person in the mirror who has been through so much but is still standing.Anonymous

13. Love the journey.

In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you. Andrea Dykstra

14. In case you forget.

Reminder: you are worthy of all the love you’ve been given.Wren Wilds

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15. Embrace love.

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If you have the ability to love, love yourself first. Charles Bukowski

16. Be brave and bold.

Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do. Brene Brown

17. Don't let people walk all over you.

You are not a doormat for someone else’s negativity.Anonymous

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18. Only full price baby.

When you realize your self worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts. Anonymous

19. Pineapples ftw.

Be a pineapple: stand tall, wear a crown, and be sweet on the inside. Unknown

20. Be anything but beautiful.

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Don’t be beautiful. They keep saying that beautiful is something that a girl needs to be. But honestly? Forget that. Don’t be beautiful. Be angry, be intelligent, be witty, be klutzy, be interesting, be funny, be adventurous, be crazy, be talented - there is an eternity of other things to be other than beautiful.Anonymous

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21. You're either with me or against me.

You are either on my side, by my side, or in my f*cking way. Choose wisely. Anonymous

22. Be a rebel.

In a society that profits from your self-doubts, loving yourself is a rebellious act.Anonymous

23. The most important relationship you'll have.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.Oscar Wilde

24. Breath in love, exhale negativity.

Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness.Ram Dass

25. There's nothing vain about it.

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Loving yourself isn’t vanity, it is sanity. Andre Gide

26. The best kind of love triangle.

I think im in a love triangle. I love myself. Myself loves me. Me loves I. Anonymous

27. You should be your #1.

Put yourself at the top of your to do list everyday and the rest will fall into place.Anonymous

28. Jump into the deep end.

The best way to gain confidence is to do something you’re terrified of doing. Anonymous

29. This girl is on fire.

And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.Mark Anthony

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30. Reach for the light.

But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

31. Live authentically always.

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Our self respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.Dan Coppersmith

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Kayla Baptista is a writer who covers astrology, pop culture and relationship topics.