84 Powerful I Am Enough Quotes to Inspire Self-Confidence

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1. “And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, ‘If you want it bad enough, and you’re willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.

– Jennie Finch

Jennie Finch Quote: “And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, ‘If you want it bad enough, and you’re willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.”

2. “At the end of the day, remind yourself that you the best you could today, and that is good enough.

– Lori Deschene

Lori Deschene Quote: “At the end of the day, remind yourself that you the best you could today, and that is good enough.”

3. “Your time is now. Start where you are, with what you have. Make something happen.

– Bob Proctor

Bob Proctor Quote: “Your time is now. Start where you are, with what you have. Make something happen.”

4. “You are enough, just as you are. Each emotion you feel, everything in your life, everything you do or do not do…where you are and who you are right now is enough. It is perfect. You are perfect enough.

– Melanie Jade

Melanie Jade Quote: “You are enough, just as you are. Each emotion you feel, everything in your life, everything you do or do not do…where you are and who you are right now is enough. It is perfect. You are perfect enough.”

5. “I am enough. I am full of sparkle and compassion. I genuinely want to make the world a better place. I love hard. I practice kindness. I’m not afraid of the truth. I am loyal, adventurous, supportive and surprising. I am a woman. I am enough.

– Molly Mahar

Molly Mahar Quote: “I am enough. I am full of sparkle and compassion. I genuinely want to make the world a better place. I love hard. I practice kindness. I’m not afraid of the truth. I am loyal, adventurous, supportive and surprising. I am a woman. I am enough.”

6. “I am a lioness. I am a warrior. I am a dreamer. I am a lover. I am who I am and I am enough.

– Jamie Lee

Jamie Lee Quote: “I am a lioness. I am a warrior. I am a dreamer. I am a lover. I am who I am and I am enough.”

7. “To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

– Dave Pelzer

Dave Pelzer Quote: “To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.”

8. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality, and duplicate it.

– Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee Quote: “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality, and duplicate it.”

9. “You are good enough, smart enough, beautiful enough, and strong enough. Believe it and never let insecurity and society’s perception on how you should run your life change your attitude toward your own reflection and personality.

– Kemmy Nola

Kemmy Nola Quote: “You are good enough, smart enough, beautiful enough, and strong enough. Believe it and never let insecurity and society's perception on how you should run your life change your attitude toward your own reflection and personality.”

10. “As I began to love myself, I found that anguish and emotional suffering were only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.

– Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin Quote: “As I began to love myself, I found that anguish and emotional suffering were only warning signs that I was living against my own truth.”

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

– Lucille Ball

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

12. “Being yourself means shedding all the layers of looking good, wanting to be liked, being scared to stand out and trying to be who you think people want you to be.

– Jeff Moore

Jeff Moore Quote: “Being yourself means shedding all the layers of looking good, wanting to be liked, being scared to stand out and trying to be who you think people want you to be.”

13. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.

– Roy T. Bennett

Roy T. Bennett Quote: “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.”

14. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

– Thich Nhat Hahn

Thich Nhat Hahn Quote: “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

15. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

– Christian D. Larson

Christian D. Larson Quote: “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.”

16. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

– Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi Quote: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

17. “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

– Rumi

Rumi Quote: “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

18. “We often block our own blessings because we don’t feel inherently good enough or smart enough or pretty enough or worthy enough… You’re worthy because you are born and because you are here. Your being here, your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.

– Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Quote: “We often block our own blessings because we don't feel inherently good enough or smart enough or pretty enough or worthy enough... You're worthy because you are born and because you are here. Your being here, your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.”

19. “Because despite what you feel, you are not too much. You are not too sensitive or too needy. You are compassionate and kind. And with or without anyone’s acknowledgment or affection, you are enough.

– Daniell Koepke

Daniell Koepke Quote: “Because despite what you feel, you are not too much. You are not too sensitive or too needy. You are compassionate and kind. And with or without anyone’s acknowledgment or affection, you are enough.”

20. “Be vulnerable. Let yourself be deeply seen, love with your whole heart, practice gratitude and joy… be able to say ‘I am thankful to feel this vulnerable because it means I am alive’, and believe ‘I am enough.’ You are worthy of love and belonging.

– Brene Brown

Brene Brown Quote: “Be vulnerable. Let yourself be deeply seen, love with your whole heart, practice gratitude and joy… be able to say ‘I am thankful to feel this vulnerable because it means I am alive’, and believe ‘I am enough.’ You are worthy of love and belonging.”

21. “At the end of the day darling, you are enough. You always have been. It may have taken you awhile to see that and to finally reach this place, but you have always been enough.

– Lacey Ramburger

Lacey Ramburger Quote: “At the end of the day darling, you are enough. You always have been. It may have taken you awhile to see that and to finally reach this place, but you have always been enough.”

22. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

– Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman Quote: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

23. “People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.

– Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek Quote: “People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.”

24. “Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself

– Tara Stiles

Tara Stiles Quote: “Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself”

25. “You are enough. You are so enough, it is unbelievable how enough you are.

– Sierra Boggess

Sierra Boggess Quote: “You are enough. You are so enough, it is unbelievable how enough you are.”

26. “This is for the woman alone, wide awake but tired. this is for the woman who sits in darkness under the moon, phone in hand reading this with tears in her eyes. You’re special, you’re strong, you’re good enough, you’ll be fine!

– R.H Sin

R.H Sin Quote: “This is for the woman alone, wide awake but tired. this is for the woman who sits in darkness under the moon, phone in hand reading this with tears in her eyes. You’re special, you’re strong, you’re good enough, you’ll be fine!”

27. “Stand up and walk. Keep moving forward. You’ve got two good legs. So get up and use them. You’re strong enough to make your own path.

– Edward Elric

Edward Elric Quote: “Stand up and walk. Keep moving forward. You’ve got two good legs. So get up and use them. You’re strong enough to make your own path.”

28. “It’s about waking up in the morning and saying ‘No matter what gets done and how much is done and how it’s done, I’m enough and I’m worthy of belonging and love and joy’.

– Brene Brown

Brene Brown Quote: “It’s about waking up in the morning and saying ‘No matter what gets done and how much is done and how it’s done, I’m enough and I’m worthy of belonging and love and joy’.”

29. “There is only one person responsible for the quality of life you live and that person is you.

– Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield Quote: “There is only one person responsible for the quality of life you live and that person is you.”

30. “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

– Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Quote: “I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”

31. “They are called, “SELF-worth” and “SELF-esteem” for a reason… we can’t let others decide what we are worth, that is so dangerous! Empower yourself!

– Jaeda DeWalt

Jaeda DeWalt Quote: “They are called, “SELF-worth” and “SELF-esteem” for a reason… we can't let others decide what we are worth, that is so dangerous! Empower yourself!”

32. “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

– E.E. Cummings

E.E. Cummings Quote: “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”

33. “You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.

– Sophia Bush

Sophia Bush Quote: “You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.”

34. “Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.

– Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison Quote: “Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.”

35. “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.

– C. JoyBell C.

C. JoyBell C. Quote: “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”

36. “It’s not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we’re not good enough, that we must live up to someone else’s standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

– Elle Macpherson

Elle Macpherson Quote: “It’s not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we’re not good enough, that we must live up to someone else’s standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.”

37. “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.

– Mary Dunbar

Mary Dunbar Quote: “We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.”

38. “All we have to do is forgive ourselves wholly and completely for ever thinking that we are not good enough.

– Jodi Aman

Jodi Aman Quote: “All we have to do is forgive ourselves wholly and completely for ever thinking that we are not good enough.”

39. “Have you ever thought about accepting yourself as you are right here and now? That you are good enough – perfect in fact – just as you are?

– Hillary Allen

Hillary Allen Quote: “Have you ever thought about accepting yourself as you are right here and now? That you are good enough – perfect in fact – just as you are?”

40. “All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don’t let anybody crush your dream.

– Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle Quote: “All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.”

41. “Quit searching for essence in everything you’ve gotten wrong. It’s right there in everything you’ve gotten right. Just get better at it.

– Chinonye J. Chidolue

Chinonye J. Chidolue Quote: “Quit searching for essence in everything you've gotten wrong. It's right there in everything you've gotten right. Just get better at it.”

42. “Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

– John Jakes

John Jakes Quote: “Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”

43. “Sometimes you might feel like you’re not good enough or unique enough, but everyone is! Everyone has different personalities.

– Astrid S

Astrid S Quote: “Sometimes you might feel like you’re not good enough or unique enough, but everyone is! Everyone has different personalities.”

44. “Happiness is not a checklist. A dream job, a fast car, a good home, even love, mean nothing at all if you have not yet found a way to feel full and content in your own mind and heart.

– Beau Taplin

Beau Taplin Quote: “Happiness is not a checklist. A dream job, a fast car, a good home, even love, mean nothing at all if you have not yet found a way to feel full and content in your own mind and heart.”

45. “Don’t live for others, live for yourself, because others will not always be there, but you will be you for the rest of your life.

– Jesus Coca

Jesus Coca Quote: “Don’t live for others, live for yourself, because others will not always be there, but you will be you for the rest of your life.”

46. “There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you.

– Steve Maraboli

Steve Maraboli Quote: “There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you.”

47. “Somebody out there probably thinks you’re the greatest thing in the whole world. Don’t ever think you’re not good enough.

– John David Anderson

John David Anderson Quote: “Somebody out there probably thinks you're the greatest thing in the whole world. Don't ever think you're not good enough.”

48. “Your words control your life, your progress, your results, even your mental and physical health. You cannot talk like a failure and expect to be successful.

– Germany Kent

Germany Kent Quote: “Your words control your life, your progress, your results, even your mental and physical health. You cannot talk like a failure and expect to be successful.”

49. “You are good enough as you, so delete that Facetune app and step away from that really weird filter that makes you look smoother than Craig David.

– Iskra Lawrence

Iskra Lawrence Quote: “You are good enough as you, so delete that Facetune app and step away from that really weird filter that makes you look smoother than Craig David.”

50. “Maybe my best isn’t as good as someone else’s, but for a lot of people. my best is enough. Most importantly, for me it’s enough.

– Lindsey Stirling

Lindsey Stirling Quote: “Maybe my best isn’t as good as someone else’s, but for a lot of people. my best is enough. Most importantly, for me it’s enough.”

51. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote: “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

52. “The truth is, Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

– Brene Brown

Brene Brown Quote: “The truth is, Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.”

53. “You are an exquisite inhabitant of this blue floating planet, therefore you are nothing short of a striking miracle.

– Hiral Nagda

Hiral Nagda Quote: “You are an exquisite inhabitant of this blue floating planet, therefore you are nothing short of a striking miracle.”

54. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quote: “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”

55. “One step to being more confident is to stop thinking about why you can’t possibly be good enough for other people; be good enough for you.

– Emerah Marie

Emerah Marie Quote: “One step to being more confident is to stop thinking about why you can’t possibly be good enough for other people; be good enough for you.”

56. “Whatever you did today is enough. Whatever you felt today is valid. Whatever you thought today isn’t to be judged. Repeat the above each day.

– Brittany Burgunder

Brittany Burgunder Quote: “Whatever you did today is enough. Whatever you felt today is valid. Whatever you thought today isn't to be judged. Repeat the above each day.”

57. “We’re told the grass is greener and richer somewhere, but we were never told that who we are is enough.

– Shiena Gable

Shiena Gable Quote: “We're told the grass is greener and richer somewhere, but we were never told that who we are is enough.”

58. “You are loved. You are enough. You are beautiful. You are worthy. You are irreplaceable.

– Rochelle Griffin

Rochelle Griffin Quote: “You are loved. You are enough. You are beautiful. You are worthy. You are irreplaceable.”

59. “Don’t look outside of yourself for approval. You need to find it from inside and know that you are enough.

– Rachel Platten

Rachel Platten Quote: “Don’t look outside of yourself for approval. You need to find it from inside and know that you are enough.”

60. “Don’t dilute yourself for any person or any reason. You are enough! Be unapologetically you.

– Steve Maraboli

Steve Maraboli Quote: “Don’t dilute yourself for any person or any reason. You are enough! Be unapologetically you.”

61. “You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won’t do a thing unless you believe it yourself.

– Criss Jam

Criss Jam Quote: “You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won’t do a thing unless you believe it yourself.”

62. “One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others.

– Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks Quote: “One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others.”

63. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

– Mark Twain

Mark Twain Quote: “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

64. “It will start to hurt less one day, I promise. You are enough. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise.

– Josephine Saint

Josephine Saint Quote: “It will start to hurt less one day, I promise. You are enough. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise.”

65. “Why should we worry about what others think of us? Do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

– Brigham Young

Brigham Young Quote: “Why should we worry about what others think of us? Do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”

66. “You are enough not because you did or said or thought or bought or became or created something special, but because you always were.

– Marisa Peer

Marisa Peer Quote: “You are enough not because you did or said or thought or bought or became or created something special, but because you always were.”

67. “The moment you see how important it is to love yourself, you will stop making others suffer.

– Buddha

Buddha Quote: “The moment you see how important it is to love yourself, you will stop making others suffer.”

68. “It is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

– Mackenzie Astin

Mackenzie Astin Quote: “It is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.”

69. “Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.

– Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Quote: “Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.”

70. “The freedom to be yourself is a gift only you can give yourself. But once you do, no one can take it away.

– Doe Zantamata

Doe Zantamata Quote: “The freedom to be yourself is a gift only you can give yourself. But once you do, no one can take it away.”

71. “I think age is just a number – if you are young enough, you are old enough – as long as you are good enough, age shouldn’t come into it.

– Ashley Young

Ashley Young Quote: “I think age is just a number - if you are young enough, you are old enough - as long as you are good enough, age shouldn't come into it.”

72. “Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

– Osho

Osho Quote: “Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.”

73. “There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.

– Rachel Platten

Rachel Platten Quote: “There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.”

74. “So many people try to be perfect to fit into the world view. What they fail to realize is that it is the world that is imperfect, not them

– Sandra Cooze

Sandra Cooze Quote: “So many people try to be perfect to fit into the world view. What they fail to realize is that it is the world that is imperfect, not them”

75. “Confidence is not ‘they will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.

– Christina Grimmie

Christina Grimmie Quote: “Confidence is not ‘they will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.”

76. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

– Buddha

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

77. “For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough. My kids are enough.

– Brene Brown

Brene Brown Quote: “For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough. My kids are enough.”

78. “Accept that you are enough. You don’t need to be anything that you are not.

– Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer Quote: “Accept that you are enough. You don’t need to be anything that you are not.”

79. “Stop hating yourself for everything you’re not; start loving yourself for everything you are.

– Ritu Ghatourey

Ritu Ghatourey Quote: “Stop hating yourself for everything you’re not; start loving yourself for everything you are.”

80. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.

– Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Quote: “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”

81. “ou have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

– Louise L. Hay

Louise L. Hay Quote: “ou have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”

82. “You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don’t know it, all of that doesn’t even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away.

– C. JoyBell C.

83. “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

– M. Scott Peck

M. Scott Peck Quote: “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

84. “Treat yourself as if you already are enough. Walk as if you are enough. Eat as if you are enough. See, look, listen as if you are enough. Because it’s true.

– Geneen Roth

Geneen Roth Quote: “Treat yourself as if you already are enough. Walk as if you are enough. Eat as if you are enough. See, look, listen as if you are enough. Because it’s true.”
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