Quotes About Self-compassion

Four words: Be gentle with yourself. It turns out they are some of the wisest words anyone has ever shared with me.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about redeeming them—every day begin anew.

If you make friends with yourself, you'll never be alone.

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy.

I just don't see the point in beating myself up. I think it's more productive to concentrate on being a better person right now than punishing myself for who I was in the past.

Guilt is a burden, so forgive yourself for the mistakes.

Just be you-strong and honest. The rest falls into place if you do that. It always has. It always will. Remember that. No matter what happens over the . . . centuries ahead of you, remember to be honest with yourself. And if you fail, forgive yourself. You'll make mistakes. The whole world is new, and they have so many more years in the then you.

Come sit down beside me, I said to myself, And although it doesn't make sense, I held my own hand As a small sign of trust And together I sat on the fence.

When people hurt us, the best thing to do isn't to ask why they did it but to remind ourselves that it wasn't our fault.

I asked the doc, and he said that when people hurt us, the best thing to do isn't to ask why they did it but to remind ourselves that it wasn't our fault.

The only fool he tolerated gladly was himself

Stop judging your life only by the failures," he whispered. "What should I do?" she whispered. "I'm always going to fail." "We all do," he said softly, his voice closer now. "We all fail. But none of us fail all the time.

Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

There is nothing more debilitating than regret, and no anger worse than that which is directed at yourself.

May your egotism be so gigantic that you comprise mankind in your self-sympathy.

People who know I have social anxiety like to say things like: "You may not want to go out, but you should just force yourself. You'll be glad you did!" That is a lie.

You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.

A single task won't crush your spirit. Give yourself a break

Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Reminisce about it, but don't live in it. Learn from it, but don't punish yourself about it or continually regret it. Don't get stuck in it.

Reconcile with all the types of fears and learn to forgive yourself in times of difficulty.

Self-forgiveness, including others, is the first step to being an open-minded individual.

Recognize your limitations and rejoice in them!

My forgiveness had not solved my latent hatred or self-hatred.