Quotes About Self-compassion

You gotta love yourself, because when you're hurting - you never know who's gonna be around to do the lovin' for ya. You gotta love yourself through the pain.

It's OK showing yourself some love.

It is not your business to love me. It is mine.

You don't have to earn or deserve love. You are love. Loving is never about how others treat you. It is always about how you are treating yourself.

If you don't love yourself, who is supposed to do it for you?

Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, your improve your world.

I knew I could hold myself with that absolute love and compassion.

Any moment you spend attacking yourself is a moment away from your higher purpose and your power to love. Don't go there.

Be willing to stop punishing yourself for your mistakes. Love yourself for your willingness to learn and grow.

I went from really hating my body, to disliking it, to accepting it but not exactly liking it, then accepting it and liking it, and now I love it.

Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!.

Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.

If you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty shattered spaces

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.

What are the most valuable things everyone should know?" I wrote a list of rules, or maxims; some dead serious, some tongue-in-cheek—"Be grateful in spite of your suffering," "Do not do things that you hate," "Do not hide things in the fog," and so on.

Have faith in who you are. Believe that you will recover, and it will truly happen. And don't judge yourself too harshly. Some things are meant to be, and you had to fall so that later you may rise and become what you are truly meant to be.

It is good to get out of the mode of blaming, because that get s you nowhere, and into the mode of acknowledging that every step of the way, you did the best that you knew to do. Abraham -- G 6/7/91

The doormat version of idiot compassion always involves allowing ourselves to feel walked all over in the name of idealizing what it means to be patient with another person's aggressive behavior. It's an unwillingness to face the uncomfortable truth that it's okay to feel angry and irritated.

I gained over 100 lbs. that I could never lose. My hair was falling out. I was tired all the time. I couldn't maintain muscle. I had no energy. It gave me some relief that there was something actually wrong with me and I wasn't crazy, but it was really hard knowing that there is something wrong with my body and I couldn't fix it.

I have to constantly remind myself that no one is perfect and that this is my journey, and I have to be kind to myself.

If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior.

I identify as a feminist. I have so many feminist beliefs - and then I'm so mean to myself about my body sometimes.

Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'

Everyday, we all struggle to be comfortable with our imperfections.