Self-care Quotes

"You gotta water your plants. Nobody can water them for you."

- DJ Khaled

"Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel."

- Eleanor Brownn

"It's ok to feel s**t, give yourself the opportunity to feel s**t, don't fight it!"

- Psychiatrist

"Forgiveness isn’t just the absence of anger. I think it’s also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself."

- Tara Westover

"Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort."

- Deborah Day

"There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself."

- Brian Andreas

"Do something nice for yourself today. Find some quiet, sit in stillness, breathe. Put your problems on pause. You deserve a break."

- Akiroq Brost

"Have patience with all things. But, first of all with yourself."

- Francis de Sales

"Take the time today to love yourself. You deserve it."

- Avina Celeste

"Self-care is not a waste of time. Self-care makes your use of time more sustainable."

- Jackie Viramontez

"It's not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It's necessary."

- Mandy Hale

"Self-care means giving yourself permission to pause."

- Cecilia Tran

"Keep taking time for yourself until you are you again."

- Lalah Delia

"I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival."

- Audre Lorde

"Self-care has become a new priority—the revelation that it’s perfectly permissible to listen to your body and do what it needs."

- Frances Ryan

"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 wont accept."

- Anna Taylor

"Women have to take the time to focus on our mental health — take time for self, for the spiritual, without feeling guilty or selfish. The world will see you the way you see you, and treat you the way you treat yourself."

- Beyoncé

"It's so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health."

- Joyce Meyer

"Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration, and resentment."

- Dale Carnegie

"A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others."

- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

"When I take good care of myself, it lifts my spirits, boosts my confidence, and makes me feel strong. When someone tries to throw me shade, it bounces right off. I look those haters straight in the eye, keep my chin up and shoulders back. Because I know I'm a fierce queen - and they know it, too."

- Alyssa Edwards

"You don’t have to be okay all the time. It’s okay to not be okay."

- Unknown

"You will not get better with shame ... you will get better with love."

"We are harder on ourselves than anyone else. Treat yourself the same way you would treat someone you love- you are worth it."

"Take time to do what makes your soul happy."

"Have patience with yourself. When you learn to be patient with yourself, you learn to be patient with the rest of the world."

- Anonymous

"Self-care is also not just about your physical self. Strong people take care of their body, mind, emotion, and soul."

"The food will still be there tomorrow."

"Hunger is not an emergency."

"Say no once in the grocery store so you don’t have to say it hundreds of times a day at home."