Quotes March 23, 2020

“‘Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.”
William Shakespeare
 
 
 
 
“I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I’m either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren’t attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.”
Queen Latifah
 
 
 
 
“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”
Edward Stanley
 
 
 
 
“There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That’s what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad.”
Garson Kanin
 
 
 
 
“Self-care is so much more than a beauty regimen or an external thing you do. It has to start within your heart to know what you need to navigate your life. A pedicure doesn’t last, but meditating every day does.”
Carrie-Anne Moss
 
 
 
 
“Don’t take your health for granted. Don’t take your body for granted. Do something today that communicates to your body that you desire to care for it. Tomorrow is not promised.”
Jada Pinkett Smith
 
 
 
 
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
Ovid
 
 
 
 
“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give, and nobody will care for you.”
Karl Lagerfeld
 
 
 
 
“To be a good parent, you need to take care of yourself so that you can have the physical and emotional energy to take care of your family.”
Michelle Obama
 
 
 
 
“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“Self-love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.”
Beau Taplin
 
 
 
 
“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
André Gide
 
 
 
 
“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
 
 
 
 
“The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.”
Chuang Tzu
 
 
 
 
“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.”
Stacey Charter