--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: If I'm not happy with myself no one will…" description: "\"If I'm not happy with myself no one will be happy with me but if no one will be happy with me I won't be happy with myself.\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/anonymous-1_happiness_if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will_1641013.jpg" --- # If I'm not happy with myself no one will be happy with me… ![“If I'm not happy with myself no one will be happy with me but if no one will be happy with me I won't be happy with myself.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/anonymous-1_happiness_if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will_1641013.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/anonymous-1_happiness_if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will_1641013.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/anonymous-1_happiness_if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will_1641013.jpg) > “If I'm not happy with myself no one will be happy with me but if no one will be happy with me I won't be happy with myself.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Self‑esteem depends on self‑acceptance; external approval cannot sustain inner happiness. **In simple terms:** Love yourself before seeking others' approval. Key Takeaway Cultivate self‑love first. Themes self‑esteem validation relationships Mood reflective empathetic Type philosophical self‑help When to use this quote - personal therapy - relationship counseling - mindfulness practice - journaling Key Concepts self‑acceptance inner peace dependency Questions to Reflect On - How can you nurture self‑acceptance? - What habits reinforce self‑love? A Different Perspective External validation can be fleeting and unreliable. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/) ## Related quotes > [If you don't have enough you won't be happy. Neither are you happy if you have too much. 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One of the best ways to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/second-splendid-truth-one-of-the-best-ways-to-make-yourself-happy-is/) [Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/) > [At the end of the day you won't be happy until you love yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gaga/at-the-end-of-the-day-you-won-t-be-happy-until-you-love-yourself/) [Lady Gaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gaga/) > [At the end of the day, you won't be happy unil you love yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gaga/at-the-end-of-the-day-you-won-t-be-happy-unil-you-love-yourself/) [Lady Gaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gaga/) > [“You could be happy and I won't know”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/snow-patrol/you-could-be-happy-and-i-won-t-know/) [Snow Patrol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/snow-patrol/) > [All of us do things for ourselves, so if you do things to please other people you won't be happy in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/all-of-us-do-things-for-ourselves-so-if-you-do-things-to-please-other/) Senoraroy > [“He won’t be happy,” I said happily.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-cornwell/he-won-t-be-happy-i-said-happily/) [Bernard Cornwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-cornwell/) > [I am happy. I have won many awards, but it is the national award that I was waiting for. This means everything to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/remo-d-souza/i-am-happy-i-have-won-many-awards-but-it-is-the-national-award-that-i/) [Remo D'Souza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/remo-d-souza/) > [it follows that if you aren't happy with yourself, you won't be happy with others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-page/it-follows-that-if-you-aren-t-happy-with-yourself-you-won-t-be-happy/) [Patti Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-page/) > [My life... I'm really happy with what I've got. If I get more things, I will be happy, but if not, I won't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anitta/my-life-i-m-really-happy-with-what-i-ve-got-if-i-get-more-things-i/) [Anitta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anitta/) > [I'm speechless! I am so happy to have won MTV Brand New!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-marie/i-m-speechless-i-am-so-happy-to-have-won-mtv-brand-new/) [Anne-Marie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-marie/) > [Don’t try to be anything but yourself, and find success as yourself. Otherwise, you won’t be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leighton-meester/don-t-try-to-be-anything-but-yourself-and-find-success-as-yourself/) [Leighton Meester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leighton-meester/) > [“The kind of happy I was that day at the Vet when "Hawk" Dawson actually doffed his red "C" cap to me, and everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/the-kind-of-happy-i-was-that-day-at-the-vet-when-hawk-dawson-actually/) [Richard Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ford/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Happiness quotes > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Remember that your natural state is joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/remember-that-your-natural-state-is-joy/) [Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/) > [Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation… There are going to be priorities and dimensions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-morrison/balance-suggests-a-perfect-equilibrium-there-is-no-such-thing-that-is/) [Denise Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-morrison/) > [“WE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL OUR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WE CAN CONTROL OUR ATTITUDE. WE MUST BE MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT WE DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-j-ashton/we-can-t-always-control-our-circumstances-but-we-can-control-our/) [MARVIN J. ASHTON](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-j-ashton/) > [I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evgeni-plushenko/i-can-skate-beautifully-while-performing-on-ice-i-always-try-to/) [Evgeni Plushenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evgeni-plushenko/) > [Sometimes we wish for the feel but we never understand that we have to give a lot to get the feel !](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reynolds/sometimes-we-wish-for-the-feel-but-we-never-understand-that-we-have/) [Robert Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reynolds/) > [Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/sing-like-no-one-s-listening-love-like-you-ve-never-been-hurt-dance/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-grant/it-was-beautiful-he-thought-he-had-never-seen-anything-so-beautiful/) [Mira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-grant/) > [The happy have whole days,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colley-cibber/the-happy-have-whole-days/) [Colley Cibber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colley-cibber/) > [I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/i-have-observed-this-in-my-experience-of-slavery-that-whenever-my/) [Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/) > [I've got nothing to do today but smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-ve-got-nothing-to-do-today-but-smile/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-jacques-rousseau/her-dignity-consists-in-being-unknown-to-the-world-her-glory-is-in/) [Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-jacques-rousseau/) > [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Positive thinking evokes more energy, more initiative, more happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/positive-thinking-evokes-more-energy-more-initiative-more-happiness/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [When you have a choice, choose happy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pancho-barnes/when-you-have-a-choice-choose-happy/) Pancho Barnes [Browse all 40,288 Happiness quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I'm not happy with myself no one will be happy with me but if no one will be happy with me I won't be happy with myself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will-be-happy-with-me-but-if-no/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Happiness" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will-be-happy-with-me-but-if-no/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/anonymous-1_happiness_if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will_1641013.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/anonymous-1_happiness_if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will_1641013.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/anonymous-1_happiness_if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will_1641013.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I'm not happy with myself no one will be happy with me but if no one will be happy with me I won't be…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "If I'm not happy with myself...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will-be-happy-with-me-but-if-no/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-m-not-happy-with-myself-no-one-will-be-happy-with-me-but-if-no/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```