Madonna Ciccone Quotes

I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.

You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

No one can give you anything-love, shame, self-esteem- until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things.

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

I have learned to like myself for the first time and to have some serenity.

I want people to feel good about themselves.

There's nothing more, nothing better in life to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and feel comfortable with yourself and who you are.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.

I've realised you don't gain validation from other people just because you have perfect skin or hair, it comes from the inside and I feel brighter and happier since I made peace with, and begun to accept, my spots.

If you don't have self love you can never find it outside of yourself.

Be as honest with yourself as you possibly can. And it's not going to work for everybody, and I know you're going to be afraid of that, but please don't worry about being accepted by everybody. The people who like you and want to be around you, that's what matters, and that's what's healthiest for yourself.

The prerequisite to loving others is to love yourself. If you don't have a healthy respect for who you are, and if you don't learn to accept yourself faults and all, you will never be able to properly love other people.

You can't love other people until you love yourself.

Self love is a great recurring theme, the headwaters that feed my ability to be the best version of myself in every other aspect of my life. Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

You can love other people only to the degree that you've come to love and accept yourself

If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long.

I try to teach people that I believe God wants us to be positive toward ourselves, meaning that, you know what, I like the way I look, I like the way I sound, I'm happy with what I'm doing in my career - and not always be beating ourselves down.

It’s a wonderful thing when you look inside your own heart and like what you see.

When you learn to love yourself, you're better off by far.

Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.

Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!