“Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.”— Kurt Vonnegut, goodreads.com
“I need to take care of myself for once. I'm tired of looking out for everyone else and having to put aside what I want.”— Richelle Mead, amazon.com
“There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“If I have learned anything over this last year it’s that you have to live your own life too so that if something we hoped for doesn’t work out, you still have two legs to stand on, you still have your own path.”— T.S. Krupa, amazon.com
“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“Picture yourself when you were five. In fact, dig out a photo of little you at that time and tape it to your mirror. How would you treat her, love her, feed her? How would you nurture her if you were the mother of little you? I bet you would protect her fiercely while giving her space to spread her…”— Kris Carr, amazon.com
“I have no control over what people think of me but I have one-hundred percent control of what I think of myself.”— Beth Ditto, theguardian.com
“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.”— Robert Holden, amazon.com
“We need to change our way of thinking and seeing things. We need to realise that the Earth is not just our environment. The Earth is not something outside of us. Breathing with mindfulness and contemplating your body, you realise that you are the Earth. You realise that your consciousness is also th…”— Thich Nhat Hanh, newsroom.uat.unfccc.int
“You’ve got to love yourself with all your shortcomings, and you’ve got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.”— Joan Bauer, amazon.com
“Self-care is not selfish or self indulgent. We cannot nurture others from a dry well. We need to take care of our own needs first, then we can give from our surplus, our abundance.”— Jennifer Louden, amazon.com
“I can no longer be a house on fire, hoping that something will douse out my flame. I must be a forest flourishing.”— Erin McDonald, amazon.com
“You’re going to spend more time with yourself than with anyone else in your life. You want to spend that whole time fighting who you are?”— Alex Sanchez, amazon.com
“There is literally nothing in nature that blooms all year long, so do not expect yourself to do so.”— liryae, liryae.tumblr.com
“I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean towards the opposite.”— Shane Koyczan, twitter.com
“However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.”— Aidan Chambers, amazon.com
“I need to learn how to stop destroying myself, stop being hard on myself and be nice to myself. I need to keep telling myself that I need to keep wanting something, something nice, something warm…[so] I can make other people happy. I can understand other people’s pain because I can love even after a…”— Daul Kim, quotemadness.com