Self Compassionate Quotes

#1. When we're kind to ourselves, we create a reservoir of compassion that we can extend to others. Our children learn how to be self-compassionate by watching us, and the people around us feel free to be authentic and connected.

Brene Brown

#2. If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions.

David D. Burns

#3. Gentleness is a great strength.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#4. A compassionate attitude opens our inner door, and as a result it is much easier to communicate with others. If there is too much self-centered attitude, then fear, doubt and suspicion come and as a result our inner door closes. Then it is very difficult to communicate with others.

Dalai Lama

#5. Opportunities to share love and compassion are all around us. Its going to take an army of compassionate people to heal our world. How will you show yours?

Renae A. Sauter

#6. Damyata datta dayadhvam, Be self-controlled, give, be compassionate.

Anonymous

#7. Compassionate people are boundaried people.

Brene Brown

#8. These women are talented and gifted, fearless yet honoring, connected yet self-contained, present yet far reaching, compassionate yet fierce, pure but not naive, strong and gentle, simple yet highly strategic.

Lisa Bevere

#9. We grow through investigation, and to investigate we need experience. We tend to repeat what we have not understood. If we are sensitive and intelligent, we need not suffer. Pain is a call for attention and the penalty of carelessness. Intelligent and compassionate action is the only remedy.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

#10. Loving people are compassionate towards others. However, if that compassion doesn't start at home and doesn't include self-forgiveness, it is incomplete and lopsided.

Annette Vaillancourt

#11. Philip Martin has written a wise, compassionate, and nurturing guide through the self-oppression of depression.

Harold H. Bloomfield

#12. You need bravery for compassion. In the picture of your soul, the bravery points are the most beautiful.

Amit Ray

#13. ONE MUST BE COMPASSIONATE TO ONE'S SELF BEFORE EXTERNAL COMPASSION.

Dalai Lama

#14. - Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me.-

Alice Walker

#15. Leadership grows like tall trees. It needs both toughness and flexibility - toughness for accountability - flexibility to adapt changes with a compassionate & caring heart for self and others.

Amit Ray

#16. We nurture our own being by respecting all people and consciously working to mitigate the pain of the world.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#17. People-to-people charity is more efficient, less costly, more human and compassionate, and more likely to inspire change and self-sufficiency in the beneficiary.

Larry Elder

#18. The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act in such a stupid, selfish and self-destructive manner?

George Stephanopoulos

#19. We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe self scrutiny, then in our neighbours by compassionate indulgence, and, finally, in its essential nature by that direct vision which belongs to the pure in heart.

Saint Bernard

#20. To be calm and compassionate you need courage and conviction.

Solange Nicole

#21. You should win an award or something for most compassionate student. No, wait. I mean the most self-centered dipshit award." Her

Samantha Young

#22. It becomes increasingly clear that we won't be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are.

Pema Chodron

#23. Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.

Robert Thurman

#24. she knew the effort it took to keep one's exterior self together, upright, when everything inside was in pieces, broken beyond repair. One touch, one warm, compassionate hand, could shatter that hard-won perfect exterior. And then it would take years and years to restore it. So

Melanie Benjamin

#25. One good, compassionate and caring Self is a thousand times greater than all the fanciful, imaginary supernatural entities in the world.

Abhijit Naskar

#26. Be generous, kind and compassionate. These are true characteristics of successful people.

Archie Lee

#27. Controversy and contention are weakening habits. If Satan can succeed in creating in us the pastime of arguing, quarreling, and contention, it is easier for him to bind us with heavier sins which can destroy our eternal lives. Anger is a poor substitute for self-mastery and compassionate service.

Marvin J. Ashton

#28. The Ryan White Care Act provides money for community-based counseling centers. While that may sound noble and compassionate, we know from experience that "AIDS education" becomes a platform for the homosexual community to recruit adolescents and lure teens into a self-destructive sexual lifestyle.

Christine O'Donnell

#29. This self-knowledge is the foundation for becoming the wise, compassionate, and peaceful person you have the capacity to become. So how do we do deeply know ourselves?

Cindy Wigglesworth

#30. If I wasn't compassionate toward myself, no one else would be either. It had to start within.

Julie Flygare

#31. Every person struggles with the self to find and kindle their special radiance, which comes from cultivating kindness, charity, and love.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#32. My sense of self has expanded and contracted like a schizophrenic accordion. I have questioned everything, and I have felt nothing. I have told the universe to f**k off, and I have fallen down weeping at its compassionate response.

Sera J. Beak

#33. Life is too precious to be a spectator sport. We are no longer merely fans, rooting for the winning team. We are the team. We are the grown-ups. Whatever you believe is true, now is the time to give your respectful, inquisitive, and compassionate self to it.

Vicki Robin

#34. Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

Sivananda

#35. If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself.

Gary Zukav

#36. We must empower our weak to be strong, and teach our strong to be compassionate. This will open a door to oneness.

Gary Hopkins

#37. We need cooperation based on trust and self-confidence to create an open, compassionate, harmonious society.

Dalai Lama