Quotes About Self-compassion

For me, all my negative thoughts that I have about, 'How did you miss that pitch? Why did you miss that pitch? You shouldn't have missed that pitch.' I just kind of sit there and kind of crush it up, and once I'm done doing that... I just kind of toss it aside.

We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 'You fat pig. How can you do this? You're a disgusting jerk.' And that gets you nowhere. That gets you right back into a bowl of pasta fregula.

Life is not a transcript. This isn't a test you can ace or fail. You can get Cs and Ds and still be okay.

But these things that had happened, and these feelings he now experienced were not faults to be conquered. He could not deny the feelings, nor should he try to change them. "Accept and grow," he reminded himself, and felt the pain ease. Wintrow went to pack a change of clothes.

Stop blaming yourself. Someone deceived you and hurt you. You don't need to take on the burden of that. The man who committed the offense is at fault, not the person he wronged

Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself.

All this guilt and shame and remorse you carry, Kestrel. Don't you see? That is what they burned you with. And you have added to it, all these years. The wall is of your own making. Take it down. Forgive yourself. Come out.

His father and his sister had both deliberately attempted to wound him, and he had let them succeed. But those things that had happened, and these feelings he now experienced, were not faults to be conquered. He could not deny the feelings, nor should he try to change them. "Accept and grow," he (WIntrow) reminded himself, and felt the pain ease." p. 107

Don't blame yourself for things that maybe happened," she said.

That I made a mistake, and that mistake doesn't define me.

what's the point in beating yourself up when other people will do it for you?

You can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift...You get to choose

Self-compassion - being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure - is associated with more motivation and better self-control.

You don't need to worry any more or punish yourself about food. It is totally counterproducti ve to stress yourself out about weight loss because that same stress causes you to put weight on.

Letting yourself off the hook takes the stress away.

Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake.

Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it

One step at a time is enough for me. Impatience is simply a way of beating yourself up.

You may have made a lot of wrong choices, but you've also made a lot of choices that were right. Focus on your good qualities. Focus on your victories. Get off the treadmill of guilt.

How much space are you giving to guilt, to shame, to regret, to being against yourself? Whatever it is, it's too much. You need that space for the good things God has for you that will move you toward your destiny. If you're giving space to guilt, you will not have the confidence you need to move forward, which will cause you to fail again. It's a negative cycle. The only way to break the cycle is to

Forgive others, forgive yourself, forgive yourself for not being perfect, and accept responsibility for your own life.

You made a decision given your life circumstances and you have to be ok with that. Regrets that can't be change is just torturing yourself.

We can give ourselves a little love and compassion, especially in hard times. Of course, we think of others, too, but we won't have much compassion to give others if we're not being kind to ourselves.

I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push myself into doing it. I know that when I am up for it I will, and when I'm not in the mood to, I don't make myself feel badly over it.