Quotes About Self-care

I don't fell good.

Of course I don't always enjoy being a mother. At those times my husband and I hole up somewhere in the wine country, eat, drink, make mad love and pretend we were born sterile and raise poodles

A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.

Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.

Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians

Preparation is not the enemy of success, but a dear friend. Be good to yourself and the favor will return.

This same Jesus, though, didn't say we had to be in relationship with everyone. We are not to 'throw [our] pearls to pigs.' (See Matthew 7:6.) He didn't deeply entrust his heart to Pharisees. You see him slipping through the throng of people bent on killing him. Often he withdrew from crowds in order to be with his Father. His is a story of connection with others, yes, but it's also a reminder that relationships don't come with an easy-to-understand blueprint.

And then came a long interregnum devoted to the arts and mysteries of the toilet.

Happiness must be grown in one's own garden.

A woman is as young as her knees.

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of 'ninety-seven: Wear sunscreen.If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

When you fulfill your needs, you generate the energy to meet your child's needs.

This is of great importance, to watch carefully, - now I am so weak - not to over fatigue myself, because then I cannot contribute to the pleasure of others; and a placid face and a gentle tone will make my family more happy than anything else I can do for them. Our own will gets sadly into the performances of our duties sometimes (Elizabeth T. King).

Forgive me for being at my toilette,

Praise your body right now. Thank your body. If you have a liver problem, apologize to your liver for having overtaxed it selfishly without either care or thanks. Pledge to change your attitude and use your liver with sincere and deep gratitude. This applies to every bodily function, every internal or external organ, every artery or vein, every muscle or bone. If you continuously thank any part of your body, it will definitely respond.

The secret key to health: Don't think about illness in your mind; don't talk about illness with your mouth; don't listen to illness through your ears; and don't see illness with your eyes.

To those of you who are depressed, I would like to say: How did you fall into depression? Why are you still in that condition? You yourself know the answer. Right. Because you can think of nothing but yourself, and you direct all the energy you have toward yourself.

I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.

Te pasas el tiempo curando a la gente, pero ahogas tus heridas en el alcohol de tus propias lágrimas.

Passi il tempo a riparare la gente, ma anneghi le tue ferite nell'alcol delle tue stesse lacrime.

Un giorno in cui ho pianto molto, mi sono accorta che bere le lacrime consolava, soprattutto se mischiate a un po' di alcol di mele. Ma non bisogna prenderle quando siamo del solito umore, altrimenti non riusciremmo più a essere allegri senza berle e diventa un circolo vizioso: non smettiamo più di piangere per poter bere le nostre lacrime.

bottle of Chardonnay permanently in her fridge for 'emotional emergencies,' which

Starting today, you're retired. The way you look at this sport and the pressure you put on yourself are just all wrong. You started doing triathlon because you loved it. Let's go back to that. Let's just see how fit, how fast, and how strong Siri Lindley can be—and have fun doing it.

People with mental illnesses aren't wrapped up in themselves because they are intrinsically any more selfish than other people. Of course not. They are just feeling things that can't be ignored. Things that point the arrows inward.