Quotessence
Home / Topics / Self Compassion Quotes

Self Compassion Quotes

Browse 211 quotes about Self Compassion.

Self Compassion Quotes

“Your brain isn't broken. It's beautifully, uniquely yours.”

InspirationHopeIdentityEmpowermentMental HealthResilienceAuthenticitySelf AcceptanceSelf CompassionNeurodiversity
Book:The Therapist's Handbook for Neurodivergent People: A NeuroFlex ACT Guide for Living Fully with ADHD, Autism, OCD, and a Neurodivergent Life
Create image

“Your neurodivergent brain isn't something to overcome. It's something to understand, appreciate, and work with. Let's figure out how to do that, together. You Already Have Everything You Need.”

InspirationalHopeEmpowermentPersonal GrowthResilienceAuthenticitySelf AcceptanceCollaborationSelf CompassionNeurodiversity
Book:The Therapist's Handbook for Neurodivergent People: A NeuroFlex ACT Guide for Living Fully with ADHD, Autism, OCD, and a Neurodivergent Life
Create image

“I believe in your ability to heal, grow, and live as your full, true self. It doesn’t matter where you’ve been or what you’re going through right now.”

InspirationalMotivationHopeHealingEmpowermentPersonal GrowthResilienceSelf AcceptanceLgbtqiaSelf Compassion
Book:The Therapist’s Handbook for LGBTQ+: A NeuroFlex ACT Guide for LGBTQ+ Individuals, Families, and Friends to Thrive with Authenticity
Create image

“You are not broken. You are not a problem to be fixed. You are a human being with a mind that has learned, often for good reasons, how to survive.”

InspirationalHopeEmpowermentMental HealthPersonal GrowthResilienceAuthenticitySelf AcceptanceSelf CompassionNeurodiversity
Book:The Therapist's Handbook for Breaking the Loop - Your NeuroFlex ACT Workbook: Rewire Your Mind. Reclaim Your Life.
Create image

“We dismantle the predator by countering its diatribes with our own nurturant truths. Predator: You never finish anything you start. Yourself: I finish many things. We dismantle the assaults of the natural predator by taking to heart and working with what is truthful in what the predator says and then discarding the rest.”

PredatorSelf CompassionWild WomanWomen Who Run With WolvesDismantle
Book:Women Who Run With the Wolves
Create image

“Do you know the difference between healthy self-doubt and imposter syndrome? Compare this: a GPS recalculating your route—calm, collected, and ready to guide you back on track. Now, contrast that with your Inner Chaotic Passenger who’s simultaneously giving you wrong directions, insisting that you got your license from a garage sale, and yelling that you’re trying to scam them. Whatever happens—they’re definitely giving you one star and writing a detailed complaint about it.”

HumorMotivationalSelf EsteemSelf HelpConfidenceSelf CompassionSelf DoubtEmpowerment Of WomenImposter SyndromeStop Overthinking
Book:How to Break Free from Imposter Syndrome: A Hilarious Journey from Self-Doubt to Self-Love: A Quick, No-BS Guide to Stop Overthinking, Overcome ... Your Life With Fun Exercises and Extra Giggle
Create image

“While excellence is a wonderful ideal, perfectionism is a dysfunctional belief system. Many people openly admit that they are perfectionists, which is really an unconscious cry for help. Being a perfectionist is really stating that whatever we attempt to do will never be good enough. This is due to a mistaken belief that we are flawed and unlovable.”

Self LoveMindfulnessSelf CarePerfectionismDrug AddictionSelf CompassionChristopher DinesDrug Addiction RecoverySelf Kindness
Book:Drug Addiction Recovery: The Mindful Way
Create image

“We have a tendency to become detached observers rather than participants. There might also be a sense of disassembling a complex, flowing process to focus on a small part of it. If we expand our focus to include emerging, one of the first changes we may notice is the bodily sense of being in the midst of something, of constant motion, lack of clarity (in the left-hemisphere sense), and unpredictability.”

ChangePsychologyMindfulnessMental HealthTransitionFlexibilityEmergenceSelf CompassionTherapy Tips
Book:The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
Create image

“Mother ache healing matters because it restores the foundation of our lives. It returns us to the place where love first faltered, so that we may learn to love in a new way, this time with awareness. It makes possible a new lineage, one that passes down presence and truth, rather than our inherited survival adaptations. When we heal the mother ache within ourselves, we heal forward and backward in time. We change the stories that shape our lives, our families, our communities, and Mother Earth who holds us all.”

HealingSelf LoveEmbodimentSelf CompassionHealing JourneyInner ChildTrauma HealingMother WoundFeminine HealingAncestral Healing
Book:The Mother Ache: Healing the Wounded Daughter Within
Create image

“Practise really seeing yourself in the mirror. This is NOT about examining yourself. This is about you looking beyond your external image to connect with your soul. Look upon yourself with complete appreciation and acceptance. You are so beautiful.”

SoulInspirational QuotesSelf EsteemSelf LoveSelf AcceptanceInspiring QuotesConnectingSelf Love QuotesSelf CompassionSoulful QuotesSelf Courage
Book:Embrace Your Sexual Self: A Practical Guide for Women
Create image

“No one can be YOU. Never accept the stories that observers speak about you, good or bad. If you accept the bad, you feel worthless. If you accept the good, you hold onto the past, which is a past that does not consider your wealth of knowledge and beauty. Only you can write your story.”

AutobiographySelf CompassionBe Yourself QuotesSelf HarmPast QuotesBe Yourself InspirationalWorth QuotesBe Your Own HeroWrite Your Own StoryAuthor Of Your Own Life
Author:Deborah Bravandt
Create image

“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”

MotivationGrowthChangeKindnessPsychologyDisciplineShameGentlenessSelf CompassionSelf Criticism
Author:Ajmal, from the book "Borders of the Inner World"
Create image

“Self-compassion is not self-indulgence. It's about treating yourself with the same understanding and kindness that you would offer a good friend.”

InspirationalMotivationUnderstandingHealingKindnessEmpathyMental HealthPersonal GrowthSelf AcceptanceSelf Compassion
Book:The Therapist's Handbook for People-Pleasers: Breaking Free from the Need to Please and Reclaim Your Life
Create image

“For anyone who was ever told they were too much or not enough, who tried to fit into boxes that were never made for them, who was told to quiet their spark or dim their light to make others comfortable, and who has been waiting their whole lives to hear: You are exactly right as you are. It is your time to thrive.”

InspirationalMotivationIdentityEmpowermentPersonal GrowthResilienceAuthenticitySelf AcceptanceSelf CompassionNeurodiversity
Book:The Therapist's Handbook for Neurodivergent People: A NeuroFlex ACT Guide for Living Fully with ADHD, Autism, OCD, and a Neurodivergent Life
Create image

“Authenticity isn't a destination you reach - it's a daily choice to show up as yourself, even when the world asks you to be someone else. Your brain can learn to make this choice easier, one rewiring at a time.”

InspirationalMotivationEmpowermentPersonal GrowthResilienceAuthenticitySelf AcceptanceLgbtqiaSelf CompassionNeuroplasticity
Book:The Therapist’s Handbook for LGBTQ+: A NeuroFlex ACT Guide for LGBTQ+ Individuals, Families, and Friends to Thrive with Authenticity
Create image

“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.”

LightHealingDarknessSelf LoveDepressionAnxietyShameSelf AwarenessMental HealthSelf AcceptanceMedicationSelf CompassionUnderstanding EmotionsMedicating
Author:Vironika Tugaleva
Create image

“You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

NeedsSelfAcceptingSelf EsteemSelf HelpAcceptanceSelf LoveVariousActressesSelf ConfidenceAcceptedSingersSelf WorthEsteemSelf AcceptanceLove YourselfBe YouSelf CareTrue SelfLoving YourselfSelf CompassionJust Be YourselfAccepting YourselfSelf HealingSelf Esteem And ConfidenceConfidence In YourselfSelf ConfidentAcceptance Of OthersInspirations Being YourselfMy Self WorthPeace Is Every StepYour BeautifulJust Love YourselfConfidence And LoveLove Yourself FirstSelf LovingLove Yourself MoreYourself And LoveLove And AcceptanceLoving MyselfSelf Worth And LoveCompassion For YourselfGreat Self EsteemConfidence LoveConfidence In OthersInspiring YourselfLove AcceptanceSelf InspirationalAccepting LoveAccepting OthersBeauty Inside AndBeing Yourself And HappyGood Morning BeautifulBecoming YourselfConfident In Yourself
Author:Bindi Irwin
Create image

“Most of us live our lives desperately trying to conceal the anguishing gap between our polished, aspirational, representational selves and our real, human, deeply flawed selves. Dunham lives hers in that gap, welcomes the rest of the world into it with boundless openheartedness, and writes about it with the kind of profound self-awareness and self-compassion that invite us to inhabit our own gaps and maybe even embrace them a little bit more, anguish over them a little bit less.”

WorldWritingTryingHumansKindLittlesRealSelfBitsCompassionOur LivesAwarenessLittle BitSelf AwarenessEmbraceProfoundGapsInvitesAnguishFlawedBoundlessPolishedSelf CompassionReal Human
Author:Maria Popova
Create image

“I'm still a researcher. The best way to explain it is that I trusted myself deeply as a professional, but I did not have a lot of self-trust personally. When I started learning all of these things about the value and the importance of belonging, vulnerability, connection, self-kindness and self-compassion, I trusted what I was learning - again, I know I'm a good researcher. When those things and wholeheartedness started to emerge with all these different properties, I knew I had to listen. I'd heard these messages before personally but I didn't trust myself there.”

KnowsWayStillsDifferentSelfValuesCompassionKindnessHeardMessagesConnectionsImportancePropertyBest WayVulnerabilityBelongingTrustedResearchersSelf CompassionSelf TrustTrust MyselfWholeheartedness
Author:Brené Brown
Create image

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

IfsWantInspirationalSelfHappinessFunCompassionPracticeKindnessTeacherEmpathyMercyHappyBuddhistCompassionateBeing HappyPursuit Of HappinessFinding HappinessGreat HappinessLife HappinessPeople In Your LifeSelf CompassionLove And CompassionJoy And HappinessPeace And HappinessKindness And CompassionInner HappinessLoving KindnessJust Be HappyJoy HappinessWant To Be HappyLife And HappinessTibetHow To Be HappySelf HappinessArt Of HappinessKindness To OthersSecret To HappinessGenerosity And KindnessKindness GenerosityWords Of KindnessWhat Is HappinessPersonal HappinessLooking For HappinessCompassion For OthersBe Kind To OthersOthers HappinessNo CompassionHappier LifeHuman CompassionCompassion For YourselfBuddhism HappinessBeing Happy With LifeCompassion And EmpathyI Just Want To Be HappyI Want To Be HappyHappy SpiritPursuing HappinessJust Want To Be HappyCaring And CompassionTibetan Buddhist
Book:The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights
Create image

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”

InspirationalHumansKindPersonsPhilosophyWholeFeelingsSpiritualDesireHumanityUniverseNatureHuman BeingsSpaceConsciousnessCompassionBeautyHumilityCreaturesAll ThingsTasksEmbracePrisonMental HealthAffectionCirclesDelusionVeganAnimal RightsEcologyTime And SpaceLiving ThingsVegetarianismInsperationalRelativitySelf ConsciousnessSelf CompassionLiving CreaturesThoughts And FeelingsNature BeautyHuman ConsciousnessHuman ThoughtSave Mother EarthHumans And AnimalsHuman ConnectionHuman ActionsSpace TimeAnimal CompassionSpiritual NatureNature And BeautyCommon HumanityOne With NatureAnimals In NatureKindness To AnimalsLimited TimeNature And AnimalsHuman CompassionModern PhysicsPersonal FeelingsThinking GodPersonal DesireLiving RightPersonal ConnectionGod NatureLiving RealityNature RelatedParts Of A WholeKind ThoughtsKind PersonCaring And CompassionEarth Community
Author:Albert Einstein
Create image

“We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.”

InspirationalKindPersonsFeelingsSpiritualDesireNatureCommunitySpaceAnimalConsciousnessCompassionIdentityCreaturesPrisonAffectionPhysicsDelusionVegetarianVeganAnimal RightsEcologyOur ThoughtsTime And SpaceVegetarianismOur CommunityRelativitySelf ConsciousnessSelf CompassionThoughts And FeelingsInterconnectedAnimal WorldPantheismSave Mother EarthSeparatenessInterconnectionParadigm ShiftSpace TimeAnimal CompassionCommon HumanitySave The EnvironmentOne With NatureAnimals In NatureKindness To AnimalsPersonal OpinionsGlobal CommunityHuman CompassionModern PhysicsPersonal FeelingsEnvironmental PollutionPersonal DesireLiving RightPersonal ConnectionGod NatureNature RelatedDeep EcologyKind PersonCaring And CompassionEarth Community
Book:Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century
Create image

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

InspirationalNeedsMeanSelfBeautifulCompassionAcceptingBeautySelf EsteemSelf HelpAcceptanceSelf LoveWise WordsWords Of WisdomPositivityVariousCaringSelf ConfidenceAcceptedSelf WorthEsteemBuddhistBeing YourselfSelf AcceptanceLove YourselfBe YouSelf CareTrue SelfLoving YourselfLoving LifeTrue BeautySelf CompassionJust Be YourselfAccepting YourselfSelf HealingSelf Esteem And ConfidenceLotusesConfidence In YourselfSelf ConfidentJust Being YouAcceptance Of OthersInspirations Being YourselfMy Self WorthPeace Is Every StepYour BeautifulJust Love YourselfConfidence And LoveLove Yourself FirstSelf LovingLove Yourself MoreYourself And LoveLove And AcceptanceSelf Worth And LoveCompassion For YourselfGreat Self EsteemConfidence LoveConfidence In OthersInspiring YourselfLove AcceptanceSelf InspirationalAccepting LoveBeauty Inside AndBeing Yourself And HappyGood Morning BeautifulBecoming YourselfConfident In Yourself
Author:Nhat Hanh
Create image

“It's not your job to like me - it's mine”

JobsWomenInspiringCompassionAcceptanceMinesSelf LoveHusbandLike MeSelf AcceptanceLove YourselfStrong WomenSelf CareEmpowering WomenBoyfriendGirl PowerLoving YourselfLoving LifeSelf CompassionLove And CompassionSassyEmpowered WomenWomen Empowering WomenInspirational WomenKatieAccepting YourselfInspirational Strong WomenI Love MyselfStrong Women And LoveLove My SelfLove Your SelfYourself And LoveEmpowering LoveLove And AcceptanceLove Acceptance
Author:Byron Katie
Create image

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”

KnowsLifeInspirationalKindFightingCompassionKindnessStruggleBattleCaringKarmaHelping OthersNovelistsBe KindBullyingCompassionateTransformedBetter LifeChanging Your LifeGood PersonLove And KindnessSelf CompassionPast LifeKindness And CompassionKind WordsLife StruggleInspirational KindnessKindness To OthersGenerosity And KindnessKindness GenerosityWords Of KindnessBe Kind To OthersFighting OnKnowing NothingAnti BullyingFighting BattlesBeing PoliteBeing GenerousBullying InspirationalGreat BattleInspirational BullyingAlways FightingBe Kind To YourselfFighting Each OtherQualities Of A FriendBattle Of LifeKind ThoughtsKind PersonPower Of KindnessCaring PersonCaring And CompassionSmall KindnessesHelping EveryoneFighting Hard
Author:Wendy Mass
Create image