Take care of yourself first or you will have nothing left to give others. Self-care is not selfishness.
You cannot serve it from an empty vessel.
READ MORE: Take Care Of Yourself Quotes
1) “When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers.”
― Sanober Khan
2) “You’re going to make it;
You’re going to be at peace;
You’re going to create, and love, and laugh, and live;
You’re going to do great things.”
― Germany Kent
3) “You can’t put your heart into everything; you’ve just got to show up. And if your heart is worn all over you, then so be it, but you can’t pull it out of you and put it in places, or put it in people’s hands. Because you are like this wild and quiet and laughing thing and people are like things that stand there and don’t understand what’s going on; so when you put your heart into things like that, you’re going to feel either stupid, or very hurt, or both. And it’s not people’s faults that they are just standing there. I mean, you’re the different one; they’re not different; they’re all the same.”
― C. JoyBell C.
4) “Respect, Love, and Value yourself. Always remember to be good to yourself by taking care of yourself. Make yourself a priority and know that it’s okay. Don’t feel guilty for loving yourself, first! You’re just as important as anybody else.”
― Stephanie Lahart
5) “Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life.”– Steve Maraboli
6) “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”– John Steinbeck
7) “Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”–Deborah Day
8) “No more martyring myself.”– Sharon E. Rainey
9) “The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”– C. JoyBell
10) “Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.”– Nathaniel Branden
11) “Self-care is how you take your power back.”– Lalah Delia
12) “Take time to do what makes your soul happy.”– Unknown
13) “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”– Unknown
14) “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 Leigh Mercree
15) “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