28 Quotes That Promote Radical Self-Care

So ummm, on self-care…I’m a firm believer that you need to take the idea of “self first” more seriously – especially with the ever-so-fast pace of life these days. So to help you promote RADICAL self-care in your life today, check out these carefully curated quotes.

I love me some quotes, Yo!

I hope they inspire you to do more R.E.A.L. (radical, essential, adaptable, lifelong) self-care in your life!

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy

The love and attention you always thought you wanted from someone else, is the love and attention you first need to give to yourself.

Bryant McGillns

Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.

Deborah Day

It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary.

Mandy Hale

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.

Steve Maraboli

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Anne Lamott

Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Lucille Ball

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

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

Audre Lorde

It’s good to do uncomfortable things. It’s weight training for life.

Anne LaMott

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

Etty Hillesum

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.

Edward Stanley

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. Imagine going through your day being unapologetically you.

Steve Maraboli

To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.

Jill Bolte Taylor

Stop focusing on how stressed you are, and remember how blessed you are.

Unknown

Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.

Deborah Day

Put yourself at the top of your to-do list every single day and the rest will fall into place.

Unknown

Self-care is how you take your power back.

Lalah Delia

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

Jack Kornfield

The only person you shouldn’t be able to live without is you.

Chris McGeown

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

Dr. Wayne Dyer

You can’t pour from an empty cup.

Unknown

Do you boo. Never mind anybody else’s business

Kesha Brown (moi!)

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.

Dr. Seuss (had to throw some Seuss in here!)

Over to you…

What’s your fave self-care quote? Don’t be shy! Let us know in the comments!