10 Self-Care Quotes To Get You Through Today

By: Gabby Urenda

1. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

2. “When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn’t healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits – anything that kept me small. My judgment called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.” – Kim McMilllen

3. “You are your best thing.” – Toni Morrison, Beloved

4. “I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be.” – Kristen Neff

5. “It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine." – Byron Katie

6. “Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass.” – Louise Erdrich, The Round House

7. “I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black; it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.” - June Jordan, Civil Wars

8. “I was once afraid of people saying ‘Who does she think she is?’ Now I have the courage to stand and say ‘This is who I am.’” – Oprah

9. “There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.” – Wangari Maathai

10. “Do something every day that is loving toward your body and gives you the opportunity to enjoy the sensations of your body." – Golda Poretsky