Quotes About Self-care

I'm sorry," I said. "It's been a tough day, and my nerves are in shreds. I need to get home and have a long, hot bath and then a martini." Thursday5 thought for a moment. "After you've drunk the long, hot bath," she observed, "you'll never have room for the martini.

a choker they made with a star charm hung from a black grosgrain ribbon - admiring herself in a heart-shaped Venetian mirror, wielding a golden tube of lipstick in her right hand and holding a bottle of perfume in her left.

I do not neglect myself, quite the contrary: this morning I took a bath and shaved. Only when I think back over those careful little actions, I cannot understand how I was able to make them, They are so vain. Habit, no doubt, made them for me. They aren't dead, they keep on busying themselves, gently, insidiously weaving their webs, they wash me, dry me, dress me, like nurses. Did they also lead me to this hill? I can't remember how I came anymore.

My usual confessional is a straight Macallan but not before 5 o'clock. Perhaps that's why I try and have my crises in the evening.

In the antiseptic world we try to purge ourselves of difficult things. Don't dwell on it, switch off the light and go home. But this is home. I have to be a home to myself. I am the place I come back to and I can't keep hiding difficult things in trunks. Soon the house will be full of trunks and I perched on top with the phone saying 'Yes, I'm fine, of course, I'm fine, everything's fine.' The trunks shudder

It works because the principle of personal space is always the same, whether you're fending off an elemental or someone's bad mood. It's a force field around yourself, and as long as our imagining powers are weak, it's useful to have something to remind us.

If you want to keep your own teeth, make your own sandwiches

Su principal deber es procurar su propia conservación, sus principales cuidados son los que se debe a sí mismo; y después que adquiere uso de razón, siendo él sólo el juez de los medios propios para conservarse, llega a ser por este motivo su propio dueño.

A lady's hair is her crowning glory

If you get down, all you need to do is act like you're feeling good, and next thing you know, you are.

It's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life; they think of money and take care of themselves.

I also like to feel good when I'm working out. If I put schlubby clothes on, I'm like, 'Blah.' I don't really want to work out. But if I'm feeling cute and I'm looking good - that's my motivation.

I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think in essence what you're doing is you're raping yourself really.

I train a lot of people on the side as a personal trainer, but I still work out myself to keep in great shape.

Being sleep-derived not only hurts you at work, it hurts your health. You need to value yourself enough to have good sleep hygiene.

My idea of a good work-out is two hours spent worrying about the bags under my eyes.

Purify your heart. Cleanse it. Make it a wake-up routine. Your environment may be harsh, difficult and tumultuous but if you work on your heart, you can be calm amidst all those challenges.

I was much happier when I had less responsibility... when my only responsibility was to my work and to myself.

If I ignore my work, I start having anxiety attacks.

Eat better or work out more, and youll see the benefits weeks, months or years down the road. Sleep more, and youll see the benefits tomorrow.

I am saying that I was able to mold those hours around the needs of my family, and that matters. And I really encourage other people at Facebook to mold hours around themselves.

When I rest, I rest and when I work, I work hard and sometimes for long hours. I always try to be rested when I work.

But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.

I am eating more. I think you do eat more when you're working out. And you want to eat healthily, so it's good all round.