Self Compassion Quotes

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
― Louise L. Hay, You Can Heal Your Life

“Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You've been criticising yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
― Louise Hay

“If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“If we want to understand people and relate to them, we must be self-aware and have self-compassion. Self-love may be a source of division but can become a key to sympathy, bridging gaps, and fostering connection instead of partition. ("Being my best friend")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“It is not depression or anxiety that truly hurts us. It is our active resistance against these states of mind and body. If you wake up with low energy, hopeless thoughts, and a lack of motivation - that is a signal from you to you. That is a sure sign that something in your mind or in your life is making you sick, and you must attend to that signal. But what do most people do? They hate their depressed feelings. They think "Why me?" They push them down. They take a pill. And so, the feelings return again and again, knocking at your door with a message while you turn up all the noise in your cave, refusing to hear the knocks. Madness. Open the door. Invite in depression. Invite anxiety. Invite self-hatred. Invite shame. Hear their message. Give them a hug. Accept their tirades as exaggerated mistruths typical of any upset person. Love your darkness and you shall know your light.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“Who will you love if not yourself? Other people? How can you love someone for anything but their raw, naked humanity? How can you say you love someone if it is not for their flaws and quirks, snorts and hurts, triggers and tears? Anything else is not love. It is idealization. And, as long as you do it to yourself, you will do it to everyone. You will not love anyone or anything until those eyes in the mirror soften up and embrace the beauty that is already within.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“Your inner child is waiting for a genuine, heartfelt apology.”
― Yong Kang Chan, Parent Yourself Again: Love Yourself the Way You Have Always Wanted to Be Loved

“Prioritise self-care & incorporate a MINIMUM of 60 mins 'ME TIME' into your daily routine.
YES THERE ARE enough hours in the day.
NO EXCUSES.”
― Miya Yamanouchi, Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women

“Drop the people who do not value you, respect you. Life has infinite horizons. Accept yourself, love yourself, and move forward.”
― Amit Ray, Peace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity

“Soft days are not wasted days. They are how you remember your breath. Your worth was never tied to your pace.”
― Ajmal, from "The Border of a Mind"

“Basing your self-worth on external validation can lead to deep feelings of inadequacy, worthlessness, and a constant need for approval.”
― Ronen Dancziger, The Therapist's Handbook for People-Pleasers: Breaking Free from the Need to Please and Reclaim Your Life

“Self-compassion is not self-indulgence. It's about treating yourself with the same understanding and kindness that you would offer a good friend.”
― Ronen Dancziger, The Therapist's Handbook for People-Pleasers: Breaking Free from the Need to Please and Reclaim Your Life

“Growth is a process, not a destination, and even though there will be bumps along the way, every step forward you take, no matter how small, is a victory.”
― Ronen Dancziger, The Therapist's Handbook for People-Pleasers: Breaking Free from the Need to Please and Reclaim Your Life

“You don’t heal by pretending you don’t feel. You heal by learning to feel safely. By giving yourself permission to have needs, and then slowly, courageously, meeting them, with care instead of judgment.”
― Ronen Dancziger, The Therapist's Handbook for Healing Your Simpsons Syndrome: Unhook from Your Inner Chaos Characters with CBT, ACT, and a Little Humor

“You don’t heal by pushing harder. You heal by learning to pause, gently and consistently, even while your brain tries to talk you out of it.”
― Ronen Dancziger, The Therapist's Handbook for Healing Your Simpsons Syndrome: Unhook from Your Inner Chaos Characters with CBT, ACT, and a Little Humor

“Self-compassion is simply being there for yourself. Not fixing. Not faking. Not forcing a motivational pep talk. Just being there, like a friend who pulls up a chair next to you on a hard day and says, “I see you. This is tough. And you’re not alone.”
― Ronen Dancziger, The Therapist's Handbook for Healing Your Simpsons Syndrome: Unhook from Your Inner Chaos Characters with CBT, ACT, and a Little Humor

“What if change didn't have to come from self-hatred or fear but from hope, compassion, and vision? Instead of forcing ourselves to fix what we dislike, we could be drawn to the person we're becoming.”
― Tyler Erickson, Listening to Yourself: How to Hear Your Own Wisdom

“I have yet to meet anyone who was born into a body they are attracted to.”
― Ken Breniman, Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“Burnout isn't a moral failing. It's your brain doing exactly what it was designed to do under pressure: shut things down and protect you.”
― Kimber Nelson, Balanced by Design: Permission granted to un-hot-mess your brain

“We all carry a constant companion: the voice in our head that narrates our days. ... The tone we take with ourselves shapes our mental landscape far more than we realise. ... Many of us would never say to a friend, “You’re so stupid, you always fail,” but we might say it to ourselves. ... What if, instead, we spoke to ourselves the way we would speak to someone we love? Encouraging, honest, and forgiving”
― Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World"

“Healing is not a straight line. We often envision recovery as a steady progression from pain to wellness, but the actual path is more like a winding trail through a forest. ... But healing, whether physical or emotional, honours its own timeline. ... Acknowledging pain gives it space to transform. ... None of these actions are signs of weakness. They are evidence of feeling deeply and choosing to heal honestly”
― Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World"

“Often, we try to drag ourselves forward with harsh discipline and force. We admonish ourselves to do better, be faster, get stronger. But what if, instead, we enticed ourselves toward growth with kindness and curiosity? ... Shame drains energy; it rarely fuels sustainable change. On the other hand, inviting ourselves forward with compassion... creates a different dynamic. We move because we want to, not because we fear”
― Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World"

“We are a succession of selves. The person you were at five is different from who you were at fifteen, twentyfive, fifty. ... Sometimes we look back at old versions of ourselves with tenderness, sometimes with embarrassment or regret. ... But those past selves were necessary. They led us here. They were trying to meet their needs with the knowledge they had at the time”
― Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World"

“You are not your scars. You are not your wounds. By releasing, you invite healing, becoming freer and wiser.”
― Gloria Dolo, Meeting Self: How to Find Fortitude in Solitude

“We are taught to fear being forgotten, but some things deserve to be let go. That’s not erasure—it’s release.”
― Lawrence Nault

“Self-compassion is not an easy way out: it’s actually extraordinarily hard work for most people with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.”
― Amanda Smith LCSW

“I learned to talk to myself the way I’d talk to my best friend — with encouragement, compassion, and love.”
― Vikki Espinosa, One in Eight: A Breast Cancer Journey and Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Workplaces

“Healing doesn’t always look like progress. Sometimes it looks like breathing, resting, softening — and beginning again.”
― Roche Uccello, Quiet Era Diaries: A Self-Healing Journey Through Solitude and Stillness

“There will be days when light feels far. But still — your heart will rise, your breath will steady, and hope will find you again.”
― Roche Uccello, Quiet Era Diaries: A Self-Healing Journey Through Solitude and Stillness