Lately, I’ve been immersing myself in the beauty that is Nayyirah Waheed’s book salt and I am astounded how a few sentences made up of words can have such a profound effect on me.  Most of her poems are somewhere around 20 words and they’re so simple and beautiful. That got me looking at other mico-poets and their words about loving yourself.

Here are some of my favorite self-love quotes and micro poetry.

“i love myself.’
the
quietest.
simplest.
most
powerful.
revolution.
ever.” ― Nayyirah Waheed

you.
not wanting me.
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself.
thank you. ― Nayyirah Waheed

“i am mine.
before i am ever anyone else’s.” ― Nayyirah Waheed

“If someone
does not want me
it is not the end of the world.
But
if I do not want me,
the world is nothing but endings.” ― Nayyirah Waheed

You will love people who will never love you back. And still you musn’t misplace your magic.” – Alex Elle

“Who taught you to unlove yourself so sweetly that you actually thought it tasted good?” – Alex Elle

“You don’t need them to love you for you to love you.” – Alex Elle

“I can’t be everything to everyone else if I am nothing to myself.” – Alex Elle

“Learn to love yourself through it.” – Alex Elle

“What’s the greatest lesson a woman should learn?
that since day one, she’s already had everything she needs within herself. it’s the world that convinced her she did not.” – Rupi Kaur

“It was when I stopped searching for home within others and lifted the foundations of home within myself I found there were no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have decided to be whole.” ― Rupi Kaur

“Loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself.” –Rupi Kaur

“The love she never received, started a revolution in her bones, and ignited a spark in her soul. she chose herself and she’s never looked back since.”-iambrillyant

“Self love is the only ocean you can never drown in. the deeper you dive in, the more your lungs fill with air.” -iambrillyant

“Darling, self love is your magic. don’t let anyone take you out of your element. the beautiful show within your soul must go on.”- iambrillyant

“to whom this may concern;

I have not forgotten about us. I have just remembered how much more I need. Me. I have remembered how warm it is to wrap myself in solitude, and how sweet self love tastes. I have remembered how beautiful it is to return home to myself.”- iambrillyant

What’s your favorite self-love quotes?