Self-care Quotes

"Self-care is really rooted in self-preservation, just like self-love is rooted in honesty. We have to start being more honest with what we need, and what we deserve, and start serving that to ourselves. It can be a spa day! But for a lot of people, it's more like, I need a mentor. I need someone to talk to. I need to see someone who looks like me that's successful, that's doing the things that I want to do, to know that it's possible."

- Lizzo

"Woo girl, need to kick off your shoes / Got to take a deep breath, time to focus on you"

- Lizzo

"You are the one thing in this world, above all other things, that you must never give up on. When I was in middle school, I was struggling with severe anxiety and depression and the help and support I received from my family and a therapist saved my life. Asking for help is the first step. You are more precious to this world than you’ll ever know."

- Lili Reinhart

"Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love."

- Brené Brown

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

- Saint Francis de Sales

"By taking care of myself I have so much more to offer the world than I do when I am running on empty."

- Ali Washington

"Self-care is how you take your power back."

- Lalah Delia

"Your mental health is a priority. Your happiness is an essential. Your self-care is a necessity."

- Melody Beattie

"If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?"

- RuPaul

"I cannot play myself again/I should just be my own best friend"

- Amy Winehouse

"Gonna love myself, no, I don’t need anybody else."

- Hailee Steinfeld

""Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.""

- Deborah Reber

""You loved him enough to let him leave. Now you need to love yourself enough to let him go.""

- Ranata Suzuki

"Forgive yourself, you are not perfect. Show yourself grace; you are still learning. Show yourself patience; you are on a journey."

- Shannon Yvette Tanner

"When I take good care of myself, it lifts my spirits, boosts my confidence, and makes me feel strong."

- Alyssa Edwards

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

- Oscar Wilde

"You yourself, as much as anyone in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."

- Buddha

"Wouldn’t it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out."

- Alan Cohen

"You can't hate yourself happy. You can't criticize yourself thin. You can't shame yourself worthy. Real change begins with self-love and self-care."

- Jessica Ortner

"Loving yourself isn't vanity. It's sanity."

- Katrina Mayer

"And then I thought and fell in love with myself, no despair, no heartbreaks."

- Vikrant Bhingardive

"When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day."

- Marty Buccella

"I make a point to remind myself: 'you will not get better with shame ... you will get better with love'."

"A psych told me this many years ago and it has kept me going for many years. 'It's ok to feel s**t, give yourself the opportunity to feel s**t, don't fight it!' I learned over the years to give myself care time."

"The reflection you see in the mirror is not your enemy, it is your best friend."

"Make yourself a priority once in a while. It’s not selfish. It’s necessary."

"Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won't accept."

"Forgive yourself; you are not perfect. Show yourself grace; you are still learning. Show yourself patience; you are on a journey."

- Unknown

"A mother continues to labor long after the baby is born."

"Eating well is a form of self-respect."