Quotes About Self-compassion

Learn to forgive yourself. Guilt is the biggest anchor that pulls us and delays our growth and transformation.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

Forgiveness is worthless to us emotionally if we can't forgive ourselves.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.

I try to not beat myself up about anything. I think that's the biggest thing.

I feel happier about things, I don't blame myself over the losses.

When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'

I've always been the biggest bully to myself.

There are things I still criticize myself heavy for. There are days I have to pick myself back up, but that, to me, is success; it's getting to both sides: physical and the spiritual, mental. Just peace. Peace of mind.

If, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she looks - that everything she brings to the party is more important than the size of her arse - then refuse to be sucked into the never ending whirligig of self-doubting, self-hating madness that is stop-start dieting and crazy new exercise regimes.

At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I'd buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

The witness is not evaluative. It does not judge your actions. It merely notes them. Thus, if you perform an act because of desire, such as eating something that is not sattvic (helpful to your sadhana), and then you put yourself down for having eaten it... the witness—when it finally appears—would merely note: (a) he is eating such-and-such, and (b) he is putting himself down for eating such-and-such.

Without an accepting and kind attitude toward ourselves, it's difficult to be caring and compassionate for others.

Don't receive condemnation when you have setbacks or bad days. Just get back up, dust yourself off, and start again.

Succumbing to a lifetime of guilt is just another form of approval addiction. ARE

friend of mine says that every time I judge myself harshly, I draw a drop of blood from my heart. So easy does it!

Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are.

Make your own recovery the first priority in your life. ROBIN NORWOOD

Minimizar tus comportamientos positivos o pensar que son insignificantes, no es modestia sino una forma de autocastigo.

Un tropezón no es una caída", y si de todos modos vas a calificarte o etiquetarte, al menos hazlo racionalmente.

After Petty's therapist heard the song "Wildflowers," he asked who the singer was addressing. "I told him I wasn't sure," Petty says. "And then he said, 'I know. That song is about you. That's you singing to yourself what you needed to hear.' It kind of knocked me back. But I realized he was right. It was me singing to me.

When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.