Quotes about Self-care
You don't love yourself enough. Or you'd love your nature too, and what it demands of you. People who love what they do wear themselves down doing it, they even forget to wash or eat.
— Marcus Aurelius
Suppose someone despises me. That's their concern, not mine. My concern is to live in harmony with nature and reason, so that my actions won't be worthy of contempt.
— Marcus Aurelius
Get busy with life's purpose, toss aside empty hopes, get active in your own rescue—if you care for yourself at all—and do it while you can.
— Marcus Aurelius
Those who live alone slide into the habit of vertical eating: why bother with the niceties when there's no one to share or censure? But laxity in one area may lead to derangement in all.
— Margaret Atwood
I used to jog but it's bad for the knees. Too much beta carotene turns you orange, too much calcium gives you kidney stones. Health kills.
— Margaret Atwood
If it hurts and you feel sick and it's making you ugly, take this, from HelthWyzer; if you're ugly and it hurts and you feel sick about it, take that, from AnooYoo.
— Margaret Atwood
Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it the way people once hoarded money.
— Margaret Atwood
Give yourself time just to be with yourself.
— Maya Angelou
We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
— Stephen Covey
I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.
— Nelson Mandela
I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint. I have been keeping too late hours.
— William Wilberforce
Fasting gives your body time to heal itself. It relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest.
— Jentezen Franklin