Charlotte Rae Quotes

I've had enough of worrying about everybody else. Now I'm taking care of me.

I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own.

Taking care of yourself is being there for your kids, like how on a plane, they tell you to put on your oxygen mask first.

We can still do good for others and do good for ourselves. I would wither and die, truthfully. I need to be somewhere where the light's on me.

When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.

I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

People think if you look after yourself you're being selfish, you know.

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.

I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.

I've learnt to take care of myself.

I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of.

You can't take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.

One thing I always think about is, at the end of the day, nobody really cares about you as much as they do about themselves. It's a very reassuring thing, in a good way. Pay attention to yourself, and use that energy and put it towards yourself.

I need to fill myself up with real life. That's kind of the well I draw from.

When I was younger, I always wanted to impress, to be good for my country, to make them feel good, and sometimes that meant I didn't focus on myself enough. I learned I had to put myself first. And it's fine because I want for me the same thing that they want for me, which is to win.

In 2015, I told my band that I was taking a break so I could focus on my home life, go back to school, and try to remember what it was like to feel like a human being again.

Retiring had nothing to do with love of the game. Nothing. It had to do with how I felt about myself. I needed the break.

It's not healthy to ever put someone first before yourself.

I always pick myself up by doing a dance session. I turn on really good music and have a lot of food and mentally I just take that time to cocoon and rebuild myself.

I ain't done nothing wrong, but love thy self. And harm other niggaz that wanna stop my health.

Your first responsibility is to yourself and to your own goodness of heart.

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.

The most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

The day I take either my body or my work for granted will be the day you hear that I've smashed every inch of myself to pieces.