Quotes About Self-care

When shit brings you down, just say 'fuck it,' and eat yourself some motherfucking candy.

As for the ewe, she was still in meditation, her eyes clamped shut, repeating the code of thieves and charlatans and those who are good to themselves the world over. I have to do what I have to do, she said. I have to do what I have to do.

the forgiver often forgives for his own sake, not to excuse the oppressor. He forgives to strengthen his own heart, to work through grief, pain, loss, and hatred.

Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

Don't you worry about other people's problems.

The fact is if we followed the history of every little country in this world-in its dramatic as well as its quiet times- we would have no space left in which to live our own lives or to apply ourselves to our necessary tasks, never mind indulge in occasional pleasures, like swimming. Surely there is something to be said for drawing a circle around our attention and remaining within that circle. But how large should this circle be?

For the first time in months, she got dressed without attention to anything else except the basic practical covering of her body. She didn't do her hair. No make-up. No contact lenses. No heels. How much time she saved! How much more she would get done in this new life!

Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.

I stay away from the studio too long, I feel like I'm abandoning myself.

I am always running late for absolutely everything; my hair's the last thing I do because I am terrible at it.

The truth is, if we abuse ourselves with too much work and too little play, our body is eventually going to fight back, and the results can be terrible.

I never abused anybody but myself.

There's this kind of pressure to be creative or busy most of the time, with lots of activities and progress, and I'm trying to run from that.

I have to consider everything I eat; I consider every activity I do.

I knew it was right to make time for myself to have adventures and fulfil dreams.

I would advise people never to diet!

Be your own advocate.

I am getting even better with age aesthetically.

It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.

Because if I am someone else for so many months, it affects me, physically, in my brain, in my being. So then I have to take care of that, and make myself more like me again.

I don't enjoy doing exercise at the time, but I enjoy the feeling afterwards.

I try not to cry in front of people that might get very emotional. I try to cry by myself. When I'm in a comfortable place, I don't hold anything inside. I just let it out, and I feel better afterwards.

You have to treat your skin very tenderly. You can't be aggressive with your skin.

My aim is always just to get one person a day to exercise and cook healthy food.