Quotes About Self-compassion

Dare to love yourself today, to smile with no reason and for none, only for YOU. For you the love, for you the moments, for you the LIFE.

When we recognize that we are not responsible for our childhood deprivations, and that we are entitled to feel anger (but not to act on it - awareness is not a license to kill), then we are able to let go of that anger and not be controlled by it.

We are compassionate with ourselves when we are able to embrace all parts of ourselves and recognize the needs and values expressed by each part.

We use NVC to evaluate ourselves in ways that engender growth rather than self-hatred.

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.

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

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.

I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time.

I think the posture of confidence can serve you well. I'm not sure what's to be gained by sitting at your computer and beating yourself up.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

Humility is courage, the open acceptance of your own perfection.

And have the courage to accept that you're not perfect; nothing is, and no one is - and that's OK.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That's wonderful, and I'm happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

I'm too broken to be broken anymore.

Never waste energy beating yourself up. Other people are always standing in line to do it.

Loving myself meant eating, sleeping, and exercising—taking care of myself emotionally and physically.

I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself.

Ne mogu ja - kaže - dobri ?ovje?e, ozdraviti, jer ja i nisam bolestan, nego sam ovakav, a od sebe se ne može ozdraviti.

You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories, and make peace with them

Yesterday, I cried. I came home, went straight to my room, sat on the edge of my bed, kicked off my shoes, unhooked my bra, and I had myself a good cry.

Your best is whatever you can do comfortably without having a breakdown.

It is actually okay to stop trying to solve the problem of feeling bad. In fact it is wise because our habitual ways of solving problems almost invariably wind up making things worse.