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Quotes About Self-care

You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes a day, unless you are too busy — then you should sit for an hour.
~ Author Unknown
By chase our long-lived fathers earn'd their food, Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood; But we, their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise, for cure, on exercise depend: God never made his work for man to mend.
~ John Dryden
There are in America about fifty million people who, from time to time, set up chemical explosions in their internal economy in the hope that good health will follow. The worst about medicine is that one kind makes another necessary.
~ Elbert Hubbard, 1908
If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.
~ African Proverb
I am pleased that lying on the sofa being a slob is finally considered the responsible thing to do.
~ Matt Haig, March 2020
I took a nap today just to stop eating.
~ Internet meme, March 2020
I haven't cut my hair since the quarantine began. Today I stepped on the scale for the first time in a while. Who knew that hair weighs so much?!
~ Author unknown, summer 2020
When overwhelmed and stressed and unable to think, I go out and garden, it's cheaper than a shrink.
~ Author Unknown
The best six doctors anywhere— And no one can deny it— Are Sunshine, Water, Rest and Air, Exercise and Diet. These six will gladly you attend, If only you are willing, Your mind they'll cheer, Your ills they'll mend, And charge you not one shilling.
~ "Doctors Six," c. 1921
The trouble about always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do it without destroying the health of the mind.
~ G. K. Chesterton, 1929
You don't have to brush your teeth — just the ones you want to keep.
~ Author Unknown
"Don't allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts. If they don't find you worth the effort or the time, why should you waste yours?"
~ Donna Lynn Hope
If someone breaks your heart just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.
~ Frank Ocean.
Moving on after a break up is a great way to get back on your feet and start feeling happy again.
~ Tom Shields.
Don't make other people's issues your own
~ H.W. Mann
Meditation Before Medication
~ H.W. Mann
No drugs, doctors, or treatments will cure life style
~ H.W. Mann
I'm not obsessive, like I have to have the best butt or the best abs, but I like the idea of feeling strong and healthy. It's important to feel good about myself physically.
~ Halle Maria Berry
Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.
~ Hannah Whitall Smith
I felt incapable of making any such effort at the moment. For some reason I had been feeling rather low for nearly a year now. I was more and more inclined to let things go their own way and not excite myself too much. I was in need of rest—why, I do not know.
~ Hans Fallada
Take a break from dating. This can be for as long as you need. But give yourself time to heal. I like to use the Wite-Out example. Unless you allow the Wite-Out to dry on the paper, writing over it will just cause a smudge and uncover what is still underneath. Wait until you heal before getting back out there.
~ Harlan Cohen
Take it from me, wrinkle cream doesn't work. I've been using it for two years, and my balls still look like raisins.
~ Harland Williams
Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and you need to start taking care of it. This involves a combination of proper diet, exercise, and recreation.
~ Harold J. Sala
Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.
~ Harold S. Kushner