Louise Hay Quotes

I'm always so hard on myself.

Love yourself for who you are and just keep going.

There will be many times when we won't look good-to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.

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.

If I give more to myself, I can ask more from myself. Self-regard isn't selfish.

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

I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.

You are better than you think.

When you do your best you learn to accept yourself

Love yourself and realize that whatever you attempt to achieve in Life is a direct reflection of you.

I deserve to live a good life, and I begin now.

Any moment you spend attacking yourself is a moment away from your higher purpose and your power to love. Don't go there.

Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth".

I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

So Rita and I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.

It makes me sad to hear girls constantly putting themselves down. We have these unbelievably high expectations of ourselves, when actually we're human beings and our bodies have a function.

Don't strive for perfection. It doesn't exist. Strive for a better you. That's always in reach.

You'll be perfect when you're dead

Self-love helps me make positive changes easily

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

Worthiness is a process, and perfection is an eternal trek. We can be worthy to enjoy certain privileges without being perfect.

All too often we're filled with negative and limiting beliefs. We're filled with doubt. We're filled with guilt or with a sense of unworthiness. We have a lot of assumptions about the way the world is that are actually wrong.

You are perfect as you are and there is always room for improvement.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.