Self Compassion Quotes
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Self Compassion Quotes & Sayings
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The bond of love is sacred spirituality.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
One good, compassionate and caring Self is a thousand times greater than all the fanciful, imaginary supernatural entities in the world.
— Abhijit Naskar
How can one ever do anything nobly Christian, living among people with such petty thoughts?
— George Eliot
And if there are any two moral stances that our times call for, they are precisely these, self-restraint and compassion.
— Daniel Goleman
In self-giving you must be so careful of egotism. You must be so careful when you are aiding others in their liberation not to have a sense of self.
— Frederick Lenz
Beauty is wasted on the self-absorbed.
— Lorii Myers
If you don't love yourself, it makes you incapable of knowing how to love another person.
— Ellen J. Barrier
Love yourself and extend the love to others.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Nothing has value without self worth
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Pruned my subconscious. Discovered new shoots.
— Sally Jo Martine
The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service.
— Marianne Williamson
Learn to be assertive without anger attached to it.
— Nikki Rowe
The very basis of true peace of mind is a benevolent wish to see all the world as happy as one's self ...
— Susanna Rowson
We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.
— Elizabeth Goudge
I was beginning to feel compassion for myself.
— Aspen Matis
Be nice to yourself... It's hard to be happy when someone is mean to you all the time.
— Christine Arylo
Be bold, speak from your heart.
— Nikki Rowe
Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.
— Christopher Germer
Compassion dissolves ignorance.
— Alaric Hutchinson
Compassion is an act of love.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.
— Alexander Lowen
Radical self-care is what we've been longing for, desperate for, our entire lives-friendship with our own hearts.
— Anne Lamott
If you banish the dragons, you banish the heroes ...
— Andrew Solomon
Like the quality of mercy, the prompting of compassion is not finite, and can be self-replenishing.
— Christopher Hitchens
Loving others is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. Altruism that rewards one's self.
— Allan Lokos
Compassion being action without motive, without self-interest, without any sense of fear, without any sense of pleasure.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.
— Suzan-Lori Parks
Compassion is the religion of the heart.
— Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
You must love and respect yourself enough to never be a victim under any circumstance.
— Gary Hopkins
All hatred is self-hatred, just as all healing is self-healing.
— Eric Micha'el Leventhal
The fearful seek to serve themselves by mastering the world, while the fearless seek to serve the world by mastering themselves.
— Eric Micha'el Leventhal
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
— Gautama Buddha
Every act of kindness is a seed of success.
— Walter E. Jacobson
A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.
— Christopher K. Germer
All at once it occurs to me that I'm the one who needs to give myself the break, to accept myself for who I am.
— Liza M. Wiemer
Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior.
— Mark Victor Hansen
Where was his empathy? Buried, I supposed, beneath his self-regard.
— Geraldine Brooks
With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be.
— Sharon Salzberg
You are not alone ... please know that hope can fly in on the most unexpected of wings.
— Tracy Shawn
Always remember to give yourself the kindness, compassion and consideration you give to others.
— Miya Yamanouchi
Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control.
— Bradford Winters
We deny the same love to others that we deny ourselves. We distort others in the same way we distort ourselves.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Getting stuck in the past and whining about who had hurt us hampers our personal growth and submerges us in the sea of self-compassion.
— Balroop Singh
The imperfections in life are what make life perfect.
— Gary Leblanc
True compassion is about not bruising the other person's self-respect.
— Naoki Higashida
You only have one life to live. Make sure it's yours.
— Eleanor Brownn
The greatest asset you could own, is an open heart.
— Nikki Rowe
The greatest lesson you might ever learn in this life is this: It is not about you.
— Shannon L. Alder
The most important use of NVC may be in developing self-compassion.
— Marshall B. Rosenberg
When we practice viewing others as perfect right now, we increase our capacity to view ourselves with more compassion, kindness, and self-love.
— Anella Wetter
Taking good care of yourself means the people in your life receive the best of you rather than what is left of you.
— Lucille Zimmerman
Maybe if we love ourselves healthy we will all heal?
— Nikki Rowe
They say compassion is the only voice; a gift which can help mend the broken, lift the fallen and soften the hardened.
— Aisha Mirza
To be a better person, spend less time filling out your personal scorecard and more time being kind . . . to you.
— Philip Chard
Have the courage to love yourself like you always wished someone would.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
— Sharon Salzberg
The important thing is for me to feel love towards my fellow human beings - and sometimes, that has to be at a distance.
— Vironika Tugaleva
Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self
— Russell Simmons
Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.
— Tara Brach
Compassion Judgment Loving-Kindness Compassion Is A Force Disconnection Self-Blame and Compassion Praise and Blame
— Sharon Salzberg
Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.
— Ronald Reagan
With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.
— Michelle Cruz-Rosado
Everyone is overcoming something, be gentle.
— Nikki Rowe
The religion that I advocate, and so did the mortal humans known as Jesus, Buddha and Nanak, is the religion of love, compassion and self-realization.
— Abhijit Naskar
Depression can seem absurdly self aggrandizing to those who do not experience it, But that does not make it any less painful to those who do.
— Richard Brookhiser
To commiserate is sometimes more than to give, for money is external to a man's self, but he who bestows compassion communicates his own soul.
— William Mountford
The fragrance of meditation is enlightenment.
— Swami Dhyan Giten
Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.
— Kilroy J. Oldster
Sometimes you have to put yourself in other people's shoes to really understand the hardships of their souls.
— Kellie Elmore
We begin to cultivate real love for ourselves when we treat ourselves with compassion.
— Sharon Salzberg
Compassion can be learned through example
— Renae A. Sauter
We cannot dim another person's light without first extinguishing our own.
— Alaric Hutchinson
Complex thinkers attempt to extend to others the same self-forgiving bias that they offer themselves.
— Ted Cadsby
I show up for my fellow man by sharing my inner wealth. I generously give out compassion and acceptance wherever I go.
— Renae A. Sauter
To be calm and compassionate you need courage and conviction.
— Solange Nicole
Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.
— Louise L. Hay
We must empower our weak to be strong, and teach our strong to be compassionate. This will open a door to oneness.
— Gary Hopkins
Being your own light ensures that you will never need another to pull you out of darkness again.
— Gary Hopkins
A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance ...
— Jack Kornfield
