The Ultimate Collection of Inspirational Self-Care Quotes

"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

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

- Cecilia Tran

"Prioritize self-care: Just do the basics. Just do the next right thing for you."

- Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe

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

- Audre Lorde

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

- Katrina Mayer

"Self-care is the non-negotiable. That’s the thing that you have to do. And beauty is the thing that can be the benefit of the self-care. Beauty is not the point. Beauty is just a cute side-effect from self-care."

- Jonathan van Ness

"Honestly, self-care is not fluffy. It’s something we should take seriously."

- Kris Carr

"By making time for self-care, you prepare yourself to be your best so you can share your gifts with the world. Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. Self-care isn’t selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel."

- Eleanor Brownn

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

- Lalah Delia

"Self-care means considering yourself a worthwhile person and presenting yourself as valuable, capable, and deserving. In other words, self-care seeks to redress an imbalance that develops when you don’t take proper care of yourself, whether by inattention or by choice."

- Arin Murphy-Hiscock

"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you."

- Anne Lamott

"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

- Oscar Wilde

"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."

- Parker Palmer

"Self-care is giving the world the best of you, instead of what’s left of you."

- Katie Reed

"Treat yourself like someone you love."

- Glennon Doyle

"Self-care doesn’t necessarily mean jogging!"

- Sandra Oh

"To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now."

- Alan Cohen

"To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections."

- Sandra Bierig

"I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect."

- Maya Angelou

"You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level."

- Eckhart Tolle

"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 others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch."

- Parker Palmer

"One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others."

- Bell Hooks

"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes – including you."

- Anne Lamott

"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment."

- Stephen Covey

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

- Akiroq Brost

"Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others."

- Christopher Germer

"Always make decisions that prioritize your inner peace."

- Izey Victoria Odiase

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

- Audre Lorde

"Take breaks and come up for air: shut it down when you need to."

- Ken Druck

"We can climb mountains with self-love."

- Samira Wiley

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

- Audre Lorde

"Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

- Alexandra Elle

"If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."

- Buddha

"Self-care isn't selfish. It's self-esteem."

- Ashley Judd

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

- Brené Brown

"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."

- Anna Taylor

"When we give ourselves compassion, we are opening our hearts in a way that can transform our lives."

- Kristin Neff

"When you say ‘yes’ to others make sure you are not saying ‘no’ to yourself."

- Paulo Coelho

"The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself."

- Steve Maraboli

"If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself."

- Barbara de Angelis

"Carve out and claim the time to care for yourself and kindle your own fire."

- Amy Ippoliti

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

- Oscar Wilde

"If you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self."

- Wayne Dyer

"You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made."

- Abiola Abrams

"Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It’s about accepting all of yourself."

- Tyra Banks

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

- Jackie Viramontez

"When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life."

- Jean Shinoda Bolen

"Self-care is your fuel ... Whatever the road ahead or the path you’ve taken, self-care is what keeps your motor running and your wheels turning."

- Melissa Steginus

"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 is never selfish, but it may feel that way when you live a frenzied life."

- Arthur Ciaramicoli

"With every act of self-care your authentic self gets stronger, and the critical, fearful mind gets weaker. Every act of self-care is a powerful declaration: ‘I am on my side, I am on my side, each day I am more and more on my own side.’"

- Susan Berry

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

- Avina Celeste

"Dedicating some time to meditation is a meaningful expression of caring for yourself that can help you move through the mire of feeling unworthy of recovery. As your mind grows quieter and more spacious, you can begin to see self-defeating thought patterns for what they are, and open up to other, more positive options."

- Sharon Salzberg

"Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."

- Hermann Hesse

"Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self-love deficit."

- Eartha Kitt

"Self-love is the source of all our other loves."

- Yung Pueblo

"Embrace the glorious mess that you are."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"Be who you are and say how you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind."

- Dr. Seuss

"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself."

- Coco Chanel

"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within."

- Maya Angelou

"Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it."

- M. Scott Peck

"This revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime."

- Tara Brach

"Our lives are so busy, and for many of us the demands are overwhelming. Some of us focus so much on the needs of others, we lose sight of ourselves. Stop, for one moment. Take a deep breath. Be still. Refocus. Concentrate on improving your life. One situation at a time. You can’t be much good to others if you’re no good to yourself. If they love you, they’ll understand."

- Carlos Wallace

"Do something every day that is loving toward your body and gives you the opportunity to enjoy the sensations of your body."

- Golda Poretsky

"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."

- Dalai Lama

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths."

- Etty Hillesum

"When you are compassionate with yourself, you trust in your soul, which you let guide your life. Your soul knows the geography of your destiny better than you do."

- John O'Donohue

"How we care for ourselves gives our brain messages that shape our self-worth. So we must care for ourselves in every way, every day."

- Sam Owen

"Accept yourself. Love yourself as you are. Your finest work, your best movements, your joy, peace, and healing comes when you love yourself. You give a great gift to the world when you do that. You give others permission to do the same: to love themselves. Revel in self-love. Roll in it. Bask in it as you would sunshine."

- Melody Beattie

"Acknowledge, accept, and honor that you deserve your own deepest compassion and love."

- Nanette Mathews

"Caring for your body, mind, and spirit is your greatest and grandest responsibility. It’s about listening to the needs of your soul and then honoring them."

- Kristi Ling

"You are a VIP, a very important person. So take care with self-care. If not you, who? If not now, when?"

- Toni Hawkins

"The love and attention you always thought you wanted from someone else, is the love and attention you first need to give to yourself."

- Bryant McGill

"We need to replace your vicious stress cycle with a vicious cycle of self-care."

- Sara Gottfried

"Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch."

- Parker Palmer

"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

"Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape."

- Bell Hooks

"You are your best thing."

- Toni Morrison

"Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world."

- Pema Chödrön

"You can’t really be present for the people in your life if you aren’t taking care of yourself."

- Kerry Washington

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

- Brian Tracy

"Self-care should include the cold shower as well as the scented tub."

- Mary Catherine Bateson

"Learning to love yourself is like learning to walk – essential, life-changing, and the only way to stand tall."

- Vironika Tugaleva

"Sometimes you just need to be selfish to be self-sufficient."

- Lois P. Frankel

"I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion."

- Billie Jean King

"Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions."

- Dale Carnegie

"Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves."

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again."

- Lalah Delia

"Self love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first."

- Beau Taplin

"When you take care of yourself, you’re a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better."

- Solange Knowles

"I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do."

- Brené Brown

"If you want to help her, you need to help yourself first. No one serves their friends by grinding themselves into dust on the altar of compassion."

- Seanan McGuire

"Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax."

- Matt Haig

"Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting."

- Jack Kornfield

"Self-care equals success. You’re going to be more successful if you take care of yourself and you’re healthy."

- Beth Behrs

"Taking care of myself doesn't mean 'me first.' It means 'me, too."

- L.R. Knost

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does—that makes you a winner right there."

- Venus Williams

"You aren't doing "nothing" when you choose to put your well-being first. In fact, this is the key to having everything."

- Brittany Burgunder

"Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It's a sign of strength. Oftentimes our society tells us that if we ask for help, we are weak. But the strongest thing someone can do is take that first step in getting help, whatever shape or form that is."

- Demi Lovato

"Every one of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."

- Princess Diana

"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

"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you."

- Dan Millman

"This is not an adjunct practice [to mindfulness]. This is not an alternative practice. This is a core practice. When we talk about mindful breathing and body scans and mindfulness in general, this sense of care is actually inherent."

- Sean Fargo

"Mental health is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going."

- Noam Shpancer

"I’m all about body positivity and self-love because I believe that we can save the world if we first save ourselves."

- Lizzo

"Sometimes self-care is exercising and eating right. Sometimes it’s spending time with loved ones or taking a nap. And sometimes it’s watching an entire season of TV in one weekend while lounging around in your pyjamas. Whatever soothes your soul."

- Nanea Hoffman

"Taking care of myself doesn’t mean ‘me first.’ It means ‘me, too.'"

- L.R. Knost

"The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people."

- Jamie Lee Curtis

"One person’s self-care isn’t necessarily another’s—there is going to be a lot of individuality."

- Gail Saltz, M.D.

"Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always."

- Maryam Hasnaa

"Nothing external to you has any power over you."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control."

- Kelly McGonigal

"Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people, and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference."

- Jane Fonda

"A lot of very senior teachers will talk about mindfulness and metta (or loving kindness) as being the same thing - mindfulness and compassion as being the same thing. You can talk about them separately, and there are different practices and teachings for each, but when you really boil it down, they’re integrated."

- Sean Fargo

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

- Audrey Hepburn

"Just because you take breaks doesn’t mean you’re broken."

- Curtis Tyrone Jones

"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."

- Anna Quindlen

"One of the most important things you can accomplish is just being yourself."

- Dwayne Johnson

"I think I deserve something beautiful."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening."

- Madeleine L'Engle

"I love a warm bath at the end of a day."

- Cynthia Nixon

"People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness."

- Sanaya Roman

"Be a master at loving yourself and people will follow."

- Kim Guerra

"The most profound personal growth does not happen while reading a book or meditating. It happens in the throes of conflict, when you are angry, afraid, frustrated. It happens when you are doing the same old thing and you suddenly realize that you have a choice."

- Vironika Tugaleva

"You wash your hands when you shake a bunch of hands. You have to wash your energy when you’re around people. It’s hard for me to say self-care is washing, although I think it is. So I made music for self-care. That’s what it’s for."

- India Arie

"look at yourself now. Your family, your friends, your history, and your future. Talk about what’s hard. Lean into what’s uncomfortable. Wrestle with what’s uncertain. Celebrate what is hard-fought and deserving. Mourn what has been lost. Appreciate what’s meaningful and makes life worth living for you."

- Natasha P. Trujillo

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim."

- Nora Ephron

"I want to feel my life while I’m in it."

- Meryl Streep

"I am stepping right into where I am with no shame, and it feels good."

- Andie MacDowell

"Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace."

- Nikki Rowe

"If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don’t love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can’t give anything else but that."

- Gisele Bundchen

"If you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won’t like you. It may not be easy, but it’s essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs."

- Cheryl Richardson

"Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work."

- Ralph Marston

"Our boundaries define our personal space – and we need to be sovereign there in order to be able to step into our full power and potential."

- Jessica Moore

"Every morning, look in the mirror and affirm positive words into your life."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

"Be kind to yourself, dear—to our innocent follies. Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you dance. You will come to see that all evolves us."

- Rumi

"Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you."

- Karl Lagerfeld

"Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves."

- Nathaniel Branden

"Self-discipline is self-caring."

- M. Scott Peck

"The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship."

- Louisa May Alcott

"I lied and said I was busy. I was busy; but not in a way most people understand. I was busy taking deeper breaths. I was busy silencing irrational thoughts. I was busy calming a racing heart. I was busy telling myself I am okay. Sometimes, this is my busy - and I will not apologize for it."

- Brittin Oakman

"It’s common to reject or punish yourself when you’ve been rejected by others. When you experience disappointment from the way your family or others treat you, that’s the time to take special care of yourself. What are you doing to nurture yourself? What are you doing to protect yourself? Find a healthy way to express your pain."

- Christina Enevoldsen

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."

- William James

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

- Jackie Viramontez

"You have been criticising yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens."

- Louise Hay

"It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit."

- Eartha Kitt

"Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Set your life on fire."

- Rumi

"Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are."

- Beyoncé

"The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else."

- E. E. Cummings

"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am."

- Anaïs Nin

"For me, self-love is like, ‘Am I sleeping enough? Eating well?’ Not: ‘Am I eating well to be able to fit into my skinny jeans?’ But: ‘Am I eating well to be healthy and strong?’ And to acknowledge the good, because there is always a lot of good."

- Kerry Washington

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."

- Carl Gustav Jung

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

- Oprah Winfrey

"The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore."

- C. JoyBell C.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you."

- Beyoncé

"How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you."

- Rupi Kaur

"I’ve finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be?"

- Goldie Hawn

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."

- Buddha

"The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people ... The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be."

- Warren Buffett

"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

"When we’re growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be."

- Elliot Page

"Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."

- Og Mandino

"It's all right, Con, to feel anxious. Allow yourself a couple of bad days, now and then, will you?"

- Judith Guest

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face."

- Helen Keller

"Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily."

- Tia Walker

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

- Edmund Hillary

"If you’re facing a problem, don’t tell yourself that you can’t do it. Convince yourself that you have the strength to deal with almost anything because of the way you were raised. And you do! Recognizing your core strengths is an important step toward having joie de vivre. You can count on better days to come because of the good days that came before. And you can find joy in the moment because you have the resiliency to overcome the problems that may be hanging over you."

- Ruth Westheimer

"When we self-regulate well, we are better able to control the trajectory of our emotional lives and resulting actions based on our values and sense of purpose."

- Amy Mercree

"Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective."

- Doe Zantamata

"Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."

- Edward Stanley

"Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness."

- Deborah Day

"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good."

- John Steinbeck

"Selfishness at the expense of others is bad. Self-care for the betterment of others is good."

- Richie Norton

"There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self."

- Aldous Huxley

"I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk."

- Tony Robbins

"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."

- Chinese Proverb

"It is interesting how often we can’t see all the ways in which we are being strong."

- Lena Dunham

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

- Stephen Chbosky

"Keep watering yourself. You’re growing."

- E.Russell

"The universe took its time on you."

- Rupi Kaur

"Be bold, be brave enough to be your true self."

- Queen Latifah

"Be you, love you. All ways, always."

- Alexandra Elle

"You are kind. You are strong. You are important."

- Kathryn Stockett

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."

- Rumi

"Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical."

- Sophia Loren

"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes."

- Sally Field

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."

- Kurt Cobain

"The challenge is not to be perfect—it’s to be whole."

- Jane Fonda

"A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself, and only herself."

- Maya Angelou

"The only way out is through."

- Robert Frost

"The greatest wealth is health."

- Virgil

"We must be our own before we can be another’s."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Spending time alone in your own company reinforces your self-worth and is often the number-one way to replenish your resilience reserves."

- Sam Owen

"Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners."

- William Shakespeare

"Peace is not always easy to grasp or keep close. In the process of attaining and protecting it, you may find yourself tired, weary, and uncertain on how to keep your peace safe. While being uncertain is normal, continue to commit yourself to peacefulness. You are worthy of every drop of sweetness and ease that you encounter. Being tested is a part of the journey. Giving up, and letting go, is not."

- Alex Elle

"Keep good company, read good books, love good things, and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can."

- Louisa May Alcott

"By taking up space, standing up for ourselves, and reassessing a future with crystal-clear perspectives, we gain clarity and make room for self-care, well-being, and joy."

- Erik Pevernagie

"You always say such lovely things to me, Red. Do you say them to yourself?"

- Talia Hibbert

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it."

- J.M. Barrie

"If you’re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it’s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that’s really not an ingredient for a happy life."

- Anne Hathaway

"There is you and you. This is a relationship. This is the most important relationship."

- Nayyirah Waheed

"Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you."

- George R.R. Martin

"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am."

- Sylvia Plath

"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life."

- Marcus Garvey

"Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future."

- Alice Walker

"if you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won’t like you. It may not be easy, but it’s essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs."

- Cheryl Richardson

"I can’t stay stuck, because I do that. I tend to stay in isolation, and I don’t like it. I’ll call my 10 year old sister who has the purest, most incredible perspective on life, and sometimes just hearing her voice or having her come lay next to me will make me happy. Then other days, I just need to say it’s a bad day and that’s it."

- Selena Gomez

"As important as it is to have a plan for doing work, it is perhaps more important to have a plan for rest, relaxation, self-care, and sleep."

- Akiroq Brost

"Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it."

- Tina Fey

"We turn not older with years but newer every day."

- Emily Dickinson

"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."

- Michael Jordan

"The moment you have to recruit people to put another person down, in order to convince someone of your value is the day you dishonor your children, your parents and your God. If someone doesn't see your worth the problem is them, not people outside your relationship."

- Shannon L. Alder

"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me."

- Carol Burnett

"Just as we expect others to value our boundaries, it’s equally important for us to respect the boundaries of others."

- Laurie Buchanan

"You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

- C.S. Lewis

"Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys."

- Rita Schiano

"My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important."

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Every exit is an entrance to someplace else."

- Patti LaBelle

"You change the world by being yourself."

- Yoko Ono

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot."

- Michael Altshuler

"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are."

- Malcolm S. Forbes

"If you wish to be loved, love."

- Hecaton of Rhodes

"When scientists analyze people who appear to have tremendous self-control, it turns out those individuals aren't all that different from those who are struggling. Instead, 'disciplined' people are better at structuring their lives in a way that does not require heroic willpower and self-control. In other words, they spend less time in tempting situations. The people with the best self-control are typically the ones who need to use it the least. It's easier to practice self-restraint when you don't have to use it very often."

- James Clear

"I celebrate myself, and sing myself."

- Walt Whitman

"This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it."

- Voltaire

"One of the things that strikes me most though is how some people don't realise they're self-harming. ... We need to start treating ourselves how we deserve to be treated, even if you feel that no one else does. Prove to the world you ARE worth something by treating yourself with the utmost respect and hope that other people will follow your example. And even if they don't, at least one person in the world is treating you well: YOU."

- Carrie Hope Fletcher

"Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it."

- Tina Fey

"Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent."

- Billy Graham

"There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."

- Michelle Obama

"Sometimes I pretend to be normal. But it gets boring. So I go back to being me."

- Ain Eineziz

"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."

- Coco Chanel

"The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities."

- Charles Dickens

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep, loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you."

- Tina Turner

"The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself."

- Deepak Chopra

"I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did."

- Henry James

"My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they’re rich and important."

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

"The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself."

- Rita Mae Brown

"The secret to a happy life is to accept change gracefully."

- Jimmy Stewart

"One of the best ways you can fight discrimination is by taking good care of yourself. Your survival is not just important; it’s an act of revolution."

- DaShanne Stokes

"I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong."

- Barbara Bush

"I am my own work of art."

- Madonna

"The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open."

- Frank Zappa

"Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream outside of the lines and become who they’re destined to be."

- Jennifer Elisabeth

"Part of courage is simple consistency."

- Peggy Noonan

"The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead."

- Bette Davis

"Wildflower; pick up your pretty little head, It will get easier, your dreams are not dead."

- Nikki Rowe

"There is a part of Wonder Woman inside me and inside every woman, kind of that secret self that women share. We are all caretakers, giving birth, caring for our children and companions and loved ones."

- Lynda Carter

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

- Dolly Parton

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

- Albert Einstein

"Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life."

- Joel Osteen

"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

- Leo Tolstoy

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."

- Mark Twain

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

- John F. Kennedy

"I just moved into a new house, so I love spending time at home. Everything for me is all about self-care ... I really feel that if I’m at my best, then I’m able to come to my job and really be feeling the best. So if I’m not working out or going on a hike, then I’m at home recharging and cooking dinner and hanging out with my cat."

- Lea Michele

"A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion."

- Grantland Rice

"Grab a coffee. Journal your intentions. Get to work. Create miracles."

- Elyse Santilli

"pull yourselfoutof your flesh.burn down those walls.uncover your bonesand seehow fiercely you bloomwhen you let your body breathe._____raw."

- Vinati Bhola

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."

- Phyllis Diller

"A Sunday well spent brings a week of content."

- Proverb

"You owe yourself the love that you so freely give to other people."

- Alexandra Elle

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

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

"The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely."

"One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself."

"To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness."

"Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained."

"Remember to take care of yourself. You can't pour from an empty cup."

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

"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

"Be the woman who fixes another woman’s crown without telling the world it was crooked."

"Be kind to yourself."

"You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first."

"You are enough and you are loved."

"You are more important than you’ll ever know."

"Self-love is asking yourself what you need – every day – and then making sure you receive it."

"Your illness does not define you. Your strength and courage do."

"An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly."

"Doing nothing has become one of the lost luxuries in these hectic times."

"The only person you shouldn’t be able to live without is you."