Esther Hicks Quotes

The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves

Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.

It's very tiring having other people tell you how much they dig you if you yourself don't dig you.

I don't hate myself, as a general rule. I'd say the best way to describe it is that I have moments of self-loathing at fairly regular intervals.

You’ll be all right. You’re strong. I know you’ll be okay because I like you and you can’t like someone who doesn’t like themself. The people I fear for are the ones who I don’t like because they hate themselves so much they won’t let anyone else like them either. But I do like you. I’ll miss you. And I know you’ll be okay.

Self-esteem and self-love are the opposites of fear; the more you like yourself, the less you fear anything.

If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.

Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself.

You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Who taught you to hate yourself?

If you don't like yourself, you're going to have a really hard time getting along with anyone else.

To not love ourselves can keep what we want from us.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

You don't have to do anything especially worthy to create or deserve self-esteem; all you have to do is turn off that critical, haranguing, inner voice.

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.

If you like yourself, other people will like you

I don't like myself you know. I love myself. I'm devoted to myself till my dying day. But I don't like myself.

If you love yourself, you love others. If you hate yourself, you hate others.

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you're not a friend to yourself, there's no way you're gonna have any friends.

A lot of people say if you can't love yourself, then you can't love others. It's always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.

Self-love is a busy prompter.