Self Care Quotes - Page 2

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

  Audre Lorde

  Self, Care, Indulgence

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• Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• I'm a really big believer in self care. One of the ways I nourish my soul is I eat the way I live my life - joyfully.

  Tracee Ellis Ross

  Self, Soul, Care

  "'Thank God We're Getting There': Tracee Ellis Ross on the Changing Face of Movies and TV". Interview with Samantha Leal, www.marieclaire.com. March 16, 2016.

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• If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them.

  Anne Frank

  Care, Truth Is, Ifs

  Anne Frank, General Press (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.137, GENERAL PRESS

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• Self care isn't selfish. It's self esteem.

  Ashley Judd

  Selfish, Self Esteem, Care

  "Ashley Judd On Caring For Her Dying Grandfather And The Philosophy She Lives By" By Yagana Shah, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 4, 2014.

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• Invent your world. Surround yourself with people, color, sounds, and work that nourish you.

  Sark

  Color, People, Sound

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• Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, “Well, isn’t she full of herself,” smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.

  Anne Lamott

  Nice, Air, Self

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• Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

  William S. Burroughs

  Inspirational, Crazy, Caring

  William S. Burroughs (2007). “Naked Lunch: The Restored Text”, p.180, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• I listen with love to my body's messages.

  Louise Hay

  Love, Inspirational, Health

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Mar 21, 2015

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

  Audre Lorde

  Caring, Compassion, Self

  Audre Lorde (2017). “A Burst of Light: And Other Essays”, p.130, Courier Dover Publications

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• That's about 90 percent of my theological life - radical self-care. Put your own oxygen mask on first. I watch the self-talk that goes through my mind, and if I am being critical with myself, I shake myself out of it.

  Anne Lamott

  Self, Oxygen, Mind

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• 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

  Self Esteem, Fall, Taken

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

  Anne Lamott

  Heart, Compassion, Self

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• Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.

  Eleanor Brown

  Selfish, Empty Vessels, Care

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• The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Life, Giving, Self Motivation

  Twitter post from Apr 11, 2014

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• You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

  Bindi Irwin

  Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Your Beautiful

  Instagram post by Bindi Irwin @bindisueirwin, www.instagram.com. June 2, 2015.

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• Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.

  Etty Hillesum

  Appreciation, Prayer, Stress

  Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.305, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Love is never giving up and yet a lot of surrender. Self-care. Truth. Trust. Openness. Growth. Courage. Faith. Collaboration. Compassion. Communication. Affection. Support. Passion. Joy. Warmth. Mindfulness. Rigorous self-work. Sympatico, empathy, flow. Forgiveness.

  Claudia Black

  Giving Up, Communication, Passion

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• Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air.

  Anne Lamott

  Air, Self, Atmosphere

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• The most important part of my mental self-care is knowing who to call for what kinds of help.

  Jane Park

  Knowing, Self, Important

  Source: www.elle.com

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

  Ivan Illich

  Discovery, Self, Care

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• Don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Self, Abuse, Care

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• Your heart is sacred land. Don't let just anything enter it. Guard it with your life.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Heart, Land, Sacred

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• I am willing to learn how to take good care of my body.

  Louise Hay

  Body, Care, Willing To Learn

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Aug 23, 2010

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