Quotes About Self-compassion

And neither shall we learn to war with ourselves anymore.

Sometimes I'm not always doing amazing but it's okay... because everyone struggles and it's okay to be flawed because that's what makes me... Me.

Be good to yourself. You deserve goodness.

Have faith. Ye've so much for everyone else. Why not save some for yerself once in a while?

Someone is always there to love you no matter what happens in life. That person is you. Take a break! You deserve it.

My life is exactly what it's meant to be, and I'm okay. I'm. Okay. Those two words, yeah, they mean a lot to me. I'm not perfect, I'm not completely healed, but I'm okay. I'll take it.

Shame eats away at the core of who we are.

We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole.

We have to make friends with ourselves and be kind to those aspects of ourselves we like least. Learning to be kind to ourselves brings the discovery that fundamentally we are quite soft. We become hard when we habitually deny our own woundedness and blame others for causing our pain. In admitting our own hurt, we become soft and vulnerable.

That girl peering back at me from the water was me, just me. The real me. Not the other versions I tried to be to win anyone over. I took a breath and exhaled. I forgave myself for my prior judgments of not being good enough to be just who I was. The truth was I was just doing the best I could with what I knew at the time. But now I knew better.

But you can't beat yourself up or compare yourself to others. Remember, the Bible says that the first will be last and the last will be first.

If you can access the sense of your inherent preciousness, you can rise above shame. If you can meditate and feel equanimity, you may be able to rise above your distress.

Authentically positive self-talk is your most important ally in the healing process. You cannot heal completely without it."1 She describes this nurturing self-talk as growing out of a close relationship with yourself, learning to become your own best friend.

Many people live with a tormentor in their head that continuously attacks and punishes them and drains them of vital energy. It is the cause of untold misery and unhappiness, as well as of disease.

Giving space to others — and to yourself — is vital. Love cannot flourish without it.

When you feel the pain-body, don't fall into the error of thinking there is something wrong with you. Making yourself into the problem -- the ego loves that. The knowing needs to be followed by accepting.

You could mistake your ability to go this far for strength. So you go on. Strength is admirable, after all, and you are ashamed of everything else about yourself. This endurance at least — this you can admire.

Because sometimes happiness isn't a choice. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can't find joy. Which is why I've decided to stop beating myself up by desperately seeking happiness and give myself the permission to feel exactly how I feel, when I feel it. In fact, maybe, it's not happiness we should be looking for after all - but acceptance.

If I've been working a lot and I've been away from my kids, then I don't go to the gym. It's okay to miss a day. I tell myself not to feel bad about it, too, because then it's a waste if you choose not to do something and feel bad.

Self-loathing is a waste of time.

It's okay to have moments where you feel weak; you don't always have to be strong.

I've never been one to make plans, because I never wanted to disappoint myself.

I've had to learn not to read all the bad comments, or if you do, try and not take it into your soul, body, brain, and heart.

When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.