Quotes on Self Care

We must be our own before we can be another's.

I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you... There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.

Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.

Radical self-care is what we've been longing for, desperate for, our entire lives-friendship with our own hearts.

In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective.

Self-care is not about self-indulgence , it is about self-preservati on.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

We all have the tendency to believe self-doubt and self-criticism, but listening to this voice never gets us closer to our goals. Instead, try on the point of view of a mentor or good friend who believes in you, wants the best for your, and will encourage you when you feel discouraged.

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.

By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish act -- it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do so not only for ourselves but for the many others whose lives we touch.

Be committed to the relationship you have with yourself. We get so committed to other relationships, but often sort of toss ourselves away. We get around to ourselves only now and then. So, really care for who you are. Be committed to loving yourself. Take care of your heart and soul.

I listen with love to my body's messages.

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.