Bernie Siegel Quotes

Be kind to yourself.

It's OK showing yourself some love.

It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

Every day is a reminder to accept myself as I am.

Don't forget to love yourself.

My mom made me look in the mirror every day and say three things that I loved about myself. At first, I couldn't name anything. It was so sad. When my mom made me do that, I looked in the mirror, and I literally couldn't name one thing that I loved about myself.

Change the conversation you're having in the mirror with yourself... if you hear someone who is saying something that is bringing them down, stop it. Don't be passive. Actually, take action and say, 'I wouldn't speak to my best friend like that.'

You can start with daily affirmations of love to yourself, like, 'I am worthy,' 'I am beautiful,' and 'I am loved.'

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

I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.

You’ll be all right. You’re strong. I know you’ll be okay because I like you and you can’t like someone who doesn’t like themself. The people I fear for are the ones who I don’t like because they hate themselves so much they won’t let anyone else like them either. But I do like you. I’ll miss you. And I know you’ll be okay.

If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.

Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love themselves love good men.

I feel it is important not to get overly obsessed and overly carried away with just the physical aspect. There is more to beauty than just the physical appearance. You are also a complete person, and a woman should have an identity beyond just the way she looks.

I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.

I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.

If I can create something that allows a woman to feel better - that is the true reward.

It's really important to talk to yourself and look at yourself in the mirror and love who you are.

I love myself.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

I just try to feel good in my own skin as much as I can.

You are not a problem that needs solving.