Quotes About Self-care

You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable.

When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.

Ultimately, we forgive others in order to free ourselves.

To truly love ourselves, we must challenge our beliefs that we need to be different or better.

Learning to treat ourselves lovingly may at first feel like a dangerous experiment.

Ask yourself, 'who is the one suffering from this anger? The person who has harmed me has gone on to live their life (or perhaps has died), while I am the one sitting here feeling the persecution, burning and constriction of anger. Out of compassion for myself, to ease my own heart, may I let go.

Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.

All of our actions can signify self-love or self-sabotage

You could search the whole world over and never find anyone as deserving of your love as yourself.

Resilience Practicing Self-Care To Avoid Burnout The Illusion of Control Patience and Perspective Resilience In The Face

W]e're challenged daily to act lovingly on our own behalf. Simple gestures of respect—care of the body, rest for the mind, and beauty for the soul in the form of music and art or nature—are all ways of showing ourselves love.

To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves.

Sometimes people in abusive situations think they're responsible for the other person's happiness or that they're going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that it's not all up to you to make someone else happy.

Letting go of the belief that we're powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but also to genuinely love and receive the love of others.

The notion of loving oneself has gotten an undeservedly bad rap, which goes something like this: self-love is narcissistic, selfish, self-indulgent, the supreme delusion of a runaway ego looking out for "number one." In fact, just the opposite is true.

Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff.

We begin to cultivate real love for ourselves when we treat ourselves with compassion.

when you've come to the end of yourself and you don't get it, take a nap, have a good meal, and lean in for the gentle whisper of God.

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss other people. Life's too short to worry about what other people do or don't do. Tend your own backyard, not theirs, because yours is the one you have to live in.

How did you learn to stop crying? (Leta) I nailed my heart shut and learned to stop caring about anyone except me. They can't make you cry when you don't give a shit about them or their opinions. You can only be hurt by the ones you love. (Aiden)

You have to sleep sometime. (Xypher) So do you. (Julian) Down, boys, down. Please, I just want to be free before I get testosterone poisoning. (Simone)

My ma used to say that crying is good for you. Tears are the path that free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.

It's amazing the damage we do to ourselves and others when all we're trying to do is protect ourselves from being hurt.

I have more important things to do anyway. I have a hangnail that needs my attention. (Dev)