Quotes About Self-compassion

I like to play people who are deeply flawed, and I want to find the good nature in them. I even try to be kind to myself when I've made big mistakes.

It took me a while to learn, but we are allowed to make mistakes and have flaws.

Following your heart and working really, really hard is the best thing you can do, and just try not to be too hard on yourself.

Everyone makes mistakes, and we need to learn to forgive ourselves.

I think it's a lot harder to forgive yourself for your own mistakes.

You have to work on forgiveness and love, and that includes your own self.

I'm OK with my appearance. I have made my peace with it after a long and frankly exhausting battle.

When you feel fulfilled, you feel happy - You feel love. When it comes to love, you always come first. If you don't love yourself, you can't truly love anyone else, either. I always tell myself to stay in love.

Pam Peeke's formula, "For every twenty-five pounds removed, it takes one year to mentally adjust. So be kind to yourself, okay?

Once we know that something turned out all right, that we navigated a rough patch more or less intact, it becomes harder to pity our younger self or remember the grief and confusion, the dread of the disaster that didn't happen, the panic of the deer frozen in the headlights of the car that stopped in time.

The less you torment yourself, the less you'll be tormenting me.

The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. It was those quiet moments alone when I just hated the person I had become.

I don't love the fact that gravity is winning as I get older, but there's also a calmness that comes with it, which I'm secretly enjoying.

It might be time to give yourself a pause. A break. You can't rush healing. And healing is more important than anything else, including finishing a book.

We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.

Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence.

But now I know—the best of us waste our time repenting, forgiving everyone but ourselves.

Sip the shame so you won't have to guzzle the regret.

You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard.

Create new daily choices to embrace that you are good enough and you are worthy enough, just as you are, right now.

No one will give a damn about you and your excellence unless you give a damn about yourself.

If you can't do it, just laugh about it instead of blushing or being embarrassed.

Peacefully and lovingly accepting who we are today requires honestly looking at our past.

The more we feel sorry for ourselves, the less sorry others will feel for us. People don't waste their small store of sympathy on those who can provide it so richly for themselves.