Jennifer Hudson Quotes

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.

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

Loving yourself means making choices that allow you to care for the important person that you are.

I just want to say to women, 'Be yourself - it's the inner beauty that counts. You are your own best friend, the key to your own happiness, and as soon as you understand that - and it takes a few heartbreaks - you can be happy.'

Age has given me the gift of me; it just gave me what I was always longing for, which was to get to be the woman I've already dreamt of being. Which is somebody who can do rest and do hard work and be a really constant companion, a constant, tender-hearted wife to myself.

I think the most difficult love begins with one's self. How you treat yourself is something you bring to your relationships.

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.

You gotta love yourself, because when you're hurting - you never know who's gonna be around to do the lovin' for ya. You gotta love yourself through the pain.

I want you to walk out of here tonight not loving me more, but loving yourselves more.

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.

Love yourself before any other person. That's when you can really survive on your own.

But respect yourself most of all.

You have to fall in love with yourself first, and if someone wants to join you, more power to them!

It takes a while to really love yourself...

You have to love yourself before you can love anyone. I think that’s very, very important, no matter how old you are or what you’re doing. You have to be able to love yourself because that’s when things fall into place.

Friendship with oneself is all important.

Healthy respect for yourself.

Love yourself and don't settle for less than what you deserve.

Don't you love nobody better'n you do yo'self. Do, you'll be dying befo' yo' time is out.

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

Dare to love yourself

You can't love anyone or anything until you love your own existence first. Love can only grow out of a respect for your own life.

When you do not treat yourself the way you want others to treat you, you can never change the way things are.

Until you value yourself enough and love yourself enough to know that, you can't really have a healthy relationship.