Top 200 Self-Care Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Think thoughts that make you happy. Do things that make you feel good. Be with people who make you feel good. Eat things that make your body feel good. Go at a pace that makes you feel good.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Self-Love Quotes, Care Quotes

2. “Rest and play are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Wellness Quotes, Exercise Quotes

3. “Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.”

— Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Focus On Yourself Quotes, Recovery Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Wellness Wednesday Quotes

4. “Self-compassion is a way of emotionally recharging our batteries. Rather than becoming drained by helping others, self-compassion allows us to fill up our internal reserves, so that we have more to give to those who need us.”

— Kristin Neff

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Care Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Compassion Quotes

5. “Make yourself a priority. Fill yourself up so that you can give more to others.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Self-Love Quotes, Care Quotes

6. “I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.”

— Audre Lorde

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Self-Love Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Caring Quotes

7. “I love and approve of myself. I love and approve of my body. I feed it nourishing foods and beverages. I exercise it in ways that are fun.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Care Quotes

8. “Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Women, Mindfulness Quotes, Have a Great Day Quotes

9. “You can’t hate yourself happy, You can’t criticize yourself thin, You can’t shame yourself wealthy. Real change begins with self-love and self care.”

— Jessica Ortner

Also featured in: Self-Love Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Recovery Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes

10. “Look in the mirror and tell yourself how wonderful you are.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Focus On Yourself Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Wellness Quotes

11. “Self care isn’t selfish. It’s self esteem.”

— Ashley Judd

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Focus On Yourself Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes

12. “Loving myself and thinking joyful, happy thoughts is the quickest way to create a wonderful life.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Focus On Yourself Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Wellness Quotes

13. “Your feelings are your greatest tools to help you create your life.”

— Rhonda Byrne

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Feel Good Quotes

14. “Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”

— Arianna Huffington

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

15. “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”

— Deepak Chopra

Also featured in: Inner Peace Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Wellness Quotes

16. “Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Psychology Quotes

17. “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

— Anna Quindlen

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Identity Quotes

18. “Be aware that what you think, to a large extent, creates the emotions that you feel. See the link between your thinking and your emotions. Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes

19. “Life is available only in the present moment.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes

20. “If you don’t love yourself, it’s impossible for you to love others. You can’t give away what you don’t have.”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Mental Health Quotes

21. “Self-compassion is key because when we’re able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we’re more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Wellness Wednesday Quotes

22. “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Mental Health Quotes

23. “Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.”

— Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Spiritual Growth Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Wellness Wednesday Quotes

24. “For everyone, well-being is a journey. The secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself.”

— Deepak Chopra

Also featured in: Optimistic Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Wellness Quotes

25. “Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.”

— Deepak Chopra

Also featured in: Inner Peace Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Healing Quotes

26. “As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love – even the most simple action.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Inner Peace Quotes, Awakening Quotes

27. “I am so grateful for my beautiful life. I am cherished and loved. And I share my love and joy with everyone.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Grateful Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Love You Quotes

28. “Just for today, I will let go of anger. Just for today, I will let go of worry. Today, I will count my many blessings. Today, I will do my work honestly. Today, I will be kind to every living creature.”

— Mikao Usui

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Care Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Recovery Quotes

29. “Self-care is not about self-indulgence, it is about self-preservati on.”

— Audre Lorde

30. “This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.”

— Kristin Neff

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Wellness Wednesday Quotes

31. “Self-care is never a selfish act – it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.”

— Parker J. Palmer

Also featured in: Inner Peace Quotes

32. “Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Serenity Quotes, Contentment Quotes

33. “Be aware of your breathing. Notice how this takes attention away from your thinking and creates space.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Mindfulness Quotes

34. “Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.”

— Jack Kornfield

Also featured in: Focus On Yourself Quotes, Recovery Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes, Letting Go Quotes

35. “Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.”

— Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Serenity Quotes, Mind Quotes

36. “Be patient with yourself. Be gentle with yourself. Know that all things are working in your favor. If you take one step toward the light of Spirit, Spirit will take five steps on your behalf.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Women, Happy Sunday Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Good Morning Beautiful Quotes

37. “Activity without purpose is the drain of your life.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes About Life, Coaching Quotes, Thursday Motivational Quotes

38. “How can we embrace rest and play if we’ve tied our self-worth to what we produce?”

— Brené Brown

39. “Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.”

— Joseph Campbell

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Be Yourself Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes

40. “We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.”

— Stephen R. Covey

Also featured in: Positive Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Habit Quotes

41. “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

— M. Scott Peck

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Know Your Worth Quotes

42. “Om Namah Shivaya, meaning, I honor the divinity that resides within me.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes

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

— Audre Lorde

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Resistance Quotes, Compassion Quotes, Caring Quotes

44. “Don’t waste another minute dealing with a toxic, negative, energy-draining person. Some people are wired for negativity. They love being argumentative, combative and abusive. Run for your life as quickly as possible.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Quotes About People, Love Is Quotes

45. “Inner peace doesn’t come from getting what we want, but from remembering who we are.”

— Marianne Williamson

Also featured in: Short Positive Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes, Feel Better Quotes, Peace Quotes

46. “To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.”

— Denis Waitley

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Happy Quotes, Helping Quotes

47. “Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.”

— Henry Rollins

Also featured in: Mind Quotes, Fitness Quotes

48. “Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.”

— Alice Walker

Also featured in: Positive Quotes for Women, Feel Better Quotes, Soul Quotes, Beauty Quotes

49. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

— Melody Beattie

Also featured in: Positive Quotes for Women, Recovery Quotes, Healing Quotes, Gratitude Quotes

50. “Take a deep breath, relax and imagine yourself exactly as you wish to be.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Manifestation Quotes