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Self-Care Quotes by Famous Authors

1. “Amid all your duties, keep some hours to yourself.”

Margaret Fuller

Balance, Rest, Priorities, Self-Care, Reflection

2. “You are doing more than you can, because you are scared you will be left behind. But by doing so, you are already behind!”

Ankur Warikoo

Fear, Effort, Balance, Awareness, Self-care

3. “It's OKAY to want to be left alone, yet not want to be lonely.”

Ankur Warikoo

Solitude, Loneliness, Balance, Self-care, Desire

4. “Stay away from people who bring out the worst in you. Even if it includes family.”

Ankur Warikoo

Relationships, Influence, Self-care, Boundaries, Toxicity

5. “Some of the smartest people in the world are competing for your sleep time. You know what that means? Your sleep is VERY IMPORTANT! to you AND to them. Don’t let them win!”

Ankur Warikoo

Sleep, Importance, Competition, Self-care, Awareness

6. “It's perfectly normal to want to slow down in life.”

Ankur Warikoo

Pace, Normalcy, Rest, Balance, Self-care

7. “Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Self-Care, Awareness, Healing, Body, Feelings

8. “No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Compassion, Self-Care, Kindness, Healing, Worthiness

9. “To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Meditation, Self-care, Awareness, Mindfulness, Peace

10. “In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Healing, Self-care, Wisdom, Awareness, Reflection

11. “I hold my face in my two hands. No, I am not crying. I hold my face in my two hands to keep the loneliness warm – two hands protecting, two hands nourishing, two hands preventing my soul from leaving me in anger.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Loneliness, Protection, Nourishment, Healing, Self-care

12. “If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we cannot take care of the people we love. Loving oneself is the foundation for loving another person.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Love, Self-care, Relationship, Foundation, Giving

13. “Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Meditation, Presence, Awareness, Self-care, Mindfulness

14. “Loving ourselves means loving our community. When we are capable of loving ourselves, nourishing ourselves properly, not intoxicating ourselves, we are already protecting and nourishing society.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Love, Self-care, Community, Nourishment, Balance

15. “There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist fighting for peace by nonviolent methods most easily succumbs; activism and overwork.”

Thomas Merton

Activism, Balance, Peace, Self-care, Wisdom

16. “The more you nurture yourself, the more you’ll find you’re living from your future self – the best of who you are.”

Tara Brach

Self-care, Growth, Transformation, Mindfulness, Presence

17. “The revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.”

Tara Brach

Kindness, Healing, Self-care, Transformation, Acceptance

18. “Developing an inner refuge where we feel loved and safe enables us to reduce the intensity of traumatic fear when it arises.”

Tara Brach

Self-care, Healing, Resilience, Emotional Safety, Inner Peace

19. “If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.”

Hippocrates

Health, Self-Care, Wisdom, Medical Knowledge, Prevention

20. “Our bodies demand our attention; our bodies demand that we actually pay attention to what is going on with our lives.”

Chogyam Trungpa

Awareness, Self-Care, Presence, Health, Mindfulness

21. “Health is our culture; anything that interferes with it is our bondage.”

Alice Walker

Wellness, Freedom, Society, Balance, Self-Care

22. “Whatever is in your hands, you keep that in perfect condition; then what is beyond you will anyway happen. But people are always trying to work at what is beyond them, not taking care of what is in their hands.”

Sadhguru

Responsibility, Focus, Self-care, Control, Personal Growth

23. “Self care is necessary.”

BK Shivani

Self-Care, Well-Being, Health, Balance, Happiness

24. “I take personal responsibility. I heal myself. I forgive myself.”

BK Shivani

Responsibility, Healing, Forgiveness, Growth, Self-Care

25. “If you start taking care of yourself, your life will be a beautiful experience.”

BK Shivani

Self-Care, Life, Experience, Well-Being, Happiness

26. “Set healthy boundaries and prioritize your well-being. Your needs matter, and self-care is essential.”

BK Shivani

Boundaries, Well-Being, Self-Care, Balance, Priorities

27. “Practice self-care and prioritize your well-being. You cannot pour from an empty cup.”

BK Shivani

Self-Care, Well-Being, Balance, Energy, Health

28. “Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!”

Thomas Carlyle

Health, Strength, Well-being, Victory, Self-Care

29. “Rest is a fine medicine. Let your stomachs rest, ye dyspeptics; let your brain rest, you wearied and worried people of business; let your limbs rest, ye children of toil!”

Thomas Carlyle

Rest, Health, Balance, Work And Life, Self-Care

30. “If your body is a temple, you can pile up too much deferred maintenance. If your body is a temple, mine was a real fixer-upper.”

Chuck Palahniuk

Body, Maintenance, Health, Life, Self-care

31. “Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body.”

Norman Vincent Peale

Relaxation, Self-care, Well-being, Peace, Mindset

32. “You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.”

Norman Vincent Peale

Balance, Stress, Patience, Wisdom, Self-care

33. “In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.”

Pema Chodron

Compassion, Self-care, Kindness, Awareness, Wisdom

34. “This is tough, and we’re only human. We can be kind to ourselves and to each other. What else matters at a time like this?”

Pema Chodron

Kindness, Compassion, Humanity, Self-care, Empathy

35. “Everyone needs some solitude in their life. You find time out in the busyness of the whole thing.”

Pema Chodron

Solitude, Reflection, Peace, Self-Care, Balance

36. “Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.”

Paramahansa Yogananda

Kindness, Self-care, Art, Compassion, Secret

37. “Never neglect what you can do for yourself in the form of another.”

Paramahansa Yogananda

Self-care, Neglect, Help, Service, Empathy

38. “You ought to realize, you take up very little space in the world as a whole – your body, that is; in reason, however, you yield to no one, not even to the gods, because reason is not measured in size but sense. So why not care for that side of you, where you and the gods are equals?”

Epictetus

Reason, Humility, Self-care, Power, Reflection

39. “Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”

Epictetus

Self-awareness, Identity, Wisdom, Self-care, Authenticity

40. “Most of us have a “Do Not Disturb” sign around our necks.”

Joyce Meyer

Boundaries, Focus, Life, Self-Care, Peace

41. “You will never enjoy life if you do not enjoy yourself.”

Joyce Meyer

Self-love, Happiness, Life, Self-care, Enjoyment

42. “Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.”

Joyce Meyer

Stress, Action, Prayer, Calmness, Self-Care

43. “I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.”

Joyce Meyer

Health, Family, Well-being, Self-care, Personal Growth

44. “I respect my boundaries, and I insist that others respect them, too.”

Louise Hay

Boundaries, Respect, Self-care, Relationships, Personal Power

45. “My body takes me everywhere easily and effortlessly.”

Louise Hay

Self-Care, Body Awareness, Ease, Movement, Wellness

46. “All of us can improve the quality of our lives if we practice the art of self-care and train our minds to think thoughts that make us feel good.”

Louise Hay

Self-Care, Thoughts, Affirmation, Mindset, Improvement