Anne Lamott Quotes

Don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care.

There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect.

I love who I am.

Age has given me the gift of me; it just gave me what I was always longing for, which was to get to be the woman I've already dreamt of being. Which is somebody who can do rest and do hard work and be a really constant companion, a constant, tender-hearted wife to myself.

Love yourself no matter who you are or where you come from.

Probably the most neglected friend you have is you. And yet every man, before he can be a true friend to the world, must first become a friend to himself.

I try to be good to myself. Look, we're human and people have differences.

Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all.

Radical self-care is what we've been longing for, desperate for, our entire lives-friendship with our own hearts.

All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.

If people would treat themselves with the same kind of love they give to their friends, that would be such a great gift we could give ourselves.

You have to fall in love with yourself first, and if someone wants to join you, more power to them!

These past couple of years have been about learning to not sabotage myself in a subtler way - for instance, even just by putting moisturiser on when I get out of the shower. Learning to honour myself and believing that I'm worth taking care of.

Friendship with oneself is all important.

Self love is the instrument of our preservation.

Loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves.

I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.

Be good to yourself 'cause nobody else has the power to make you happy.

Love ever your neighbour as yourselves - but first be such as love themselves.

You have to be kinder to yourself, because it's a part of being good.

Be the love you seek.

We can stop picking on ourselves for picking on ourselvesWe can cherish ourselves and our lives. We can nuture ourselves and love ourselves. We can accept our wonderful selves, with all our faults, foibles, strong points, weak points, feelings, thoughts, and everything else. It's the best thing we've got going for us. It's who we are, and who we were meant to be. And it's not a mistake. We are the greatest thing that will ever happen to us. Believe it. It makes life much easier.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.