71 Encouraging Quotes To Reinforce That You Are Enough Just As You Are

If there’s one thing we all have in common, it’s that occasional (or constant) feeling that we fall short in some way.

We don’t rate high on the “good enough” scale.

We’re flawed, while everyone else seems to be more than enough.

Or at least more than us.

Maybe we look in the mirror and don’t see perfection staring back at us.

Perhaps we were passed over for that job promotion and feel certain it’s because we lack something essential.

Or it could be that we have a general condition of unworthiness.

Who would want to be our friend or lover, given all of the gaping holes in our very being?

Who would be with someone who is so . . . not enough. 

Does it help to know that everyone struggles with these feelings from time to time?

And that feeling not good enough has absolutely nothing to do with your actual worthiness

You ARE enough, just as you are, and these “I am enough” quotes will help you reframe your view of yourself. 

71 You Are Enough Quotes to Reinforce Your Self-Worth

We’ve curated this list of quotes about being enough with various life experiences and situations in mind.

Read through them, and make a note of those that resonate with you. 

Then put them to use by:

  • Writing them on sticky notes to post where you can see them regularly.
  • Using them as journal prompts to help you write about how enough you are.
  • Using them as a theme or topic for your next meditation time. 
  • Sharing them with someone else who feels not good enough.

You Are Good Enough Quotes

1. “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

2. “Your world needs you right now; don’t take your life. You matter, you are enough, and you are more.” – Olawale Daniel

3. “Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.” – Ellen Sue Stern

4. “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

5. “Sometimes you have to realize that you’ve HAD enough to realize that you ARE enough.” ― Mandy Hale

6. “You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.” – KaDee Strickland

7. “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

8. “You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change.” – DeRay Mckesson

9. “You are enough. You are so enough, it is unbelievable how enough you are.” – Sierra Boggess

10. “Changing the world's perception of beauty starts with you. Your language about yourself and others. You are enough.” – Christine Tremoulet

11. “Life is so big. Do not try to fill it. Instead, expand within. You are enough for you.” – Bryant McGill

12. “You are absolutely enough the way you are.” – Laurieann Gibson

13. “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

14. “If you are good at something, and especially, if people who matter tell you that you are good enough, you must follow that…” – Mary Kom

Deep You Are Enough Quotes

15. “Dismantle your wounds so you stop living your life by them.” – Nikki Rowe

16. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Washington Thurman

17. “I was told I wasn’t good enough, but I just chose not to listen.” – Khalid

18. “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” – Malcolm S. Forbes

19. “The unhappiest people in this world are those who care the most about what other people think.” – C. JoyBell C.

20. “You are unaware of the depths of who you really are.” ― Hiral Nagda

21. “You are much deeper, much broader, much brighter than any idea you could have of yourself.” – Harry Palmer

22. “The best in you is yet untouched.” ― Hiral Nagda

23. “Refuse to accept another’s estimation of yourself.” – Alison Stormwolf

24. “I exist as I am, that is enough.” – Walt Whitman

25. “Are you enough for you is the only question you need to answer.” – L.E. Bowman

26. “You're allowed to assert your needs and take up space. You're allowed to hold onto the truth that who you are is exactly enough.” – Daniell Koepke

27. “The most important day is the day you decide you're good enough for you. It's the day you set yourself free.” – Brittany Josephina

28. “Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.” – Nathaniel Branden

29. “I am me, nothing more, nothing less, and that is enough.” – Harpreet M. Dayal

Motivational You Are Enough Quotes

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

31. “Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are enough.” – Germany Kent

32. “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

33. “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

34. “Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.” – Aslan

35. “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

36. “Speak victory. Declare that you are well able. Get in the habit of rewarding yourself – for small milestones. Cheer yourself on!” ― Germany Kent

37. “Don't dilute yourself for any person or any reason. You are enough! Be unapologetically you.”- Steve Maraboli

38. “We are enough without all the things we buy to make us much more than we are or need to be, we are simple and complex and rare as is.” – Sabrina Ward Harrison

39. “Breathe, let go, and be in the flow of right now. In this moment, you are enough.” – Lee Horbachewski

40. “On those days when life feels overwhelming, remember that you are worthwhile, you are needed, and you are enough exactly as you are.” – Sarah Hartley

41. “Life has not been able to break me and it will not break you. Stand tall for you are loved, you are enough, you are able, and in the end we will survive.” – Donna G. Bourgeois

42. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. you don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

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

44. “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

You Are Enough Quotes for Him

45. “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

46. “Accept that you are enough. You don't need to be anything that you are not.” – Wayne Dyer

47. “Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.” – Ze Frank

48. “Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.” – Anthony Trollope

49. “You are my everlasting home. Don't you ever be afraid. I am enough. We are enough.” – Sue Monk Kidd

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

51. “Be confident enough in your actions not to need to explain yourself. Trust yourself and act.” – Bernard Roth

52. “Don’t belittle yourself. Be big yourself.” – Corita Kent

53. “Believe in yourself. You are enough.” – Caroline Ghosn

54. “Realize that everyone that you think is perfect feels like they’re not good enough, too.” – Alessia Cara

55. “You are enough. You matter. You are unique. You are loved. You are worthy. You are beautiful. You are divine.” – NotesOnBliss.com

56. “There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and that is enough.” – Richard Rohr

57. “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

58. “Breathe, let go, and be in the flow of right now. In this moment, you are enough.” – Lee Horbachewski


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You Are Enough Quotes for Her

59. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou

60. “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” – Stephanie Lahart

61. “Try your hardest to be confident in who you are. You are enough – you are beautiful.” – Meagan Tandy

62. “A star does not compete with other stars around it; it just shines.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

63. “No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” – Virginia Woolf

64. “You were enough, maybe you were too much, maybe he prefers less and you deserve more.” ― R.H. Sin

65. “You are enough exactly as you are, whether you believe it or not.” –  Pooja Ruprell

66. “I have learned that I am enough… I have learned that no one else can love me – for me.” – Sabrina Ward Harrison

67. “The single most revolutionary thing you can do is recognize that you are enough.” – Carlos Andres Gomez

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

69. “But you've always been good enough. You've just been giving the best parts of you to the wrong people.” – R.H. Sin

70. “Loving yourself starts with liking yourself, which starts with respecting yourself, which starts with thinking of yourself in positive ways.” – Jerry Corsten

71. “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

How To Make the Best Use of These You Are Good Enough Quotes 

You are good enough, and it’s important to remind yourself of that fact, especially when dealing with a bout of self-doubt. But how? 

  • Share on Social Media: Social media can get hectic and competitive, but it’s always great when someone shares a quote that resonates. So why not create graphics of the best quotes and post them on social media? Who knows, you may make someone’s day.
  • Journal: Journaling is a fabulous way to internalize a message. Write down the quotes you love and describe why they’re meaningful. Doing this will also help remind you of your awesomeness.
  • Mantras and Affirmations: Using “good enough” quotes as affirmations and mantras allow you to recall them when the going gets rough. Researchers have proven that they work when it comes to balancing mental health.
  • Meditate: Meditating isn’t always about clearing your mind. Focusing intently on a single thought or idea is also a method. Pick a quote that resonates and quietly contemplate it during a sitting.

Now that you’ve read through these enough quotes, how could you doubt that you have something to prove to anyone but yourself? 

Seize the day knowing that you are a unique, extraordinary person, and focus on all you can offer yourself, others, and the world.