I have to say, I’m very happy to see that Love Yourself Week is coming up and I’m ready to celebrate with some great love quotes. Why? Because it’s easy to love others and write quotes about how that feels, but we seem to have a much harder time loving ourselves. So here are 14 great love quotes to remind us that we deserve our own love as much as the next person.

1. “Self-love seems so often unrequited.” ~ Anthony Powell

2. “Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.” ~ Veronica A. Shoffstall

3. “If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.” ~ Nicholas de Chamfort
4. “The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.” ~ Sonya Friedman

5. “You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.” ~ Author Unknown

6. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” ~ Lucille Ball

7. “Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.” ~ Karolina Kurkova

8. “To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” ~ Alan Cohen

9. “To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that’s political, in its most profound way.” ~ June Jordan

10. “Don’t forget to love yourself.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard

11. “If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.” ~ Kristin Chenoweth

12. “You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~ Buddha

13. “Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

14. “It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.” ~W.C. Fields

When it comes down to it, you must first love yourself before you can truly love others and you must love yourself before you can accept that others truly love you. So, if you look at it that way, perhaps Love Yourself Week is one of the most important holidays we celebrate! Let the above twelve quotes remind you of that.

At the moment I felt pain, depression and anger. Man, the anger, the feeling where you just want to make life hell for your ex because they just stopped caring about you. Like that was in the plan when you first got together.All in all my heart was broken.

It is shredded into tiny little pieces left for you to pick up. But how to get over a broken heart ?

Tip #1
Write a list of all of the things you did not like about your ex b/g, point out any instances where you were not treated in a good way, hurt and such things that stressed you about the person or relationship. When you start to feel pensive go trough this list to avoid idealizing the person or relationship in your mind.

Tip #2

Keep yourself busy. Hanging at home will not help you at all. Do you like exercise? If yes then go to the gym, go out with your buddies, take a dance class, play with your cat or anything you enjoy.Simply focus on do anything that will get your mind thinking about something that is not your broken heart. If you feel anxious about going out, turn on the music that makes you shout “wow”.

Tip #3

Take time for yourself and try to look nice. Not because of that person, but for you and your soul. Focusing on yourself will help you put aside others. Go and get your favorite ice cream, sweet candies, but don’t over do it.

Tip #4

Get rid of any potential reminders. If you have things to give back, mail it,things you are going to keep hide in a box for now. You don’t want instant reminders of your broken heart in your room, car/, or at work. Storage the box somewhere out of your sight, and when you feel emotionally better, you can get back to it.

Did you find those tips useful? Rome Landa is the author of this article and maintains a website where You can learn a lot more about how to get over a broken heart.