Marcus Aurelius Quotes

If I wait until I become perfect before I love myself, I will waste my whole life. I am already perfect right here and right now. I am perfect exactly as I am.

Each one should realize there is nothing in (us) which denies that which (we) desire.

Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.

To love others you must love yourself...You can only give to others what you have yourself.

There are always going to be things you don’t like about yourself or reasons to compare yourself to others, but once you realize that you only get one you, it’s best to just love yourself.

To love oneself is to love life. It is essential to understand that we make ourselves happy in making others happy.

Love and respect yourself and never compromise for anything. And then you will be surprised how much growth starts happening of its own accord.. as if rocks have been removed and the river has started flowing.

It's when I let myself get little that I tumble head over heels into joy.

Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.

The time to embrace your magnificence is now.

Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And yet every man, before he can be a true friend to the world, must first become a friend to himself.

The feeling that "I am enough" does not mean that I have nothing to learn, nothing further to achieve, and nowhere to grow to. It means that I accept myself, that I am not on trial in my own eyes, that I value and respect myself. This is not an act of indulgence but of courage.

I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.

The greatest value comes from loving yourself for who you are. I've been teaching myself this for years, so I hope that by showing what I've learned, others can find the same freedom and joy I have.

The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. What makes for a happy ending is what Addie said all along: freedom. The freedom to be who you are without anybody calling you names. —Bobby Goodspeed

Accept yourself as you are. And that is the most difficult thing in the world, because it goes against your training, education, your culture.

Who are you? Answer; you are who you are in this given moment. Label-less. Limitless. Remember that from this day forward.

If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.

Radical self-care is what we've been longing for, desperate for, our entire lives-friendship with our own hearts.

the real mission you have in life is to make yourself happy, and in order to be happy, you have to look at what you believe, the way you judge yourself, the way you victimize yourself

Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.

When you feel WHOLE, things come to enhance your WHOLEness. When you feel broken, things come to enhance your brokenness. That's why you CANNOT FILL A VOID. That's why the premise from which you attract your relationship is so important.

If you want to meet someone who can fix any situation you don't like, who can bring you happiness in spite of what other people say or believe, look in a mirror, then say this magic word: 'Hello.'

Our entire life, with our fine moral code and our precious freedom, consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth.