Doutzen Kroes Quotes

I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.

For me, when I go to bed at night, I am happy that I haven't hurt someone. And if I think I have, I will rectify it. I now refuse to give someone permission to make me feel bad about myself. They can't make me feel bad about myself if I don't allow it.

As women, we're nurturers by nature. We want to make sure everyone is happy. That's a good thing, but we also have to put ourselves on that happiness list.

I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.

Sometimes we are so busy helping others that we forget about ourselves. Remember, it's okay to say no and to ask others to carry their own weight.

Make a list of the people in your 'choir'... If you're not on your own list, then you're doing something wrong.

We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.

I used to tell moms that for the sake of their well-being they had to put themselves first. But I know now that's not always possible.

You've gotta do things that make you happy. As women, we tend to give away a lot. We take care of a lot of people, and we can't forget to take care of ourselves.

It's the love you have for yourself that's most important.

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.

I love myself and I am a good person.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

Accept yourself, love yourself.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

It's OK showing yourself some love.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

The trouble is that as women we try to take care of everybody else before we take care of ourselves.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.

If you're not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.