Compassion Quote by Kristin Neff

“Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for…

— Sharon Salzberg

“When we bring self-compassion into everyday life, we learn to be kind to ourselves.”

— Carmel Sheridan

“To be self-compassionate is not to be self-indulgent or self-centred. A major component of self-compassion is to be kind to yourself. Treat yourself with…

— Christopher Dines

“Self-compassion comes from recognizing that our imperfections are part of being human.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.

— Arnold Toynbee

“Self-compassion isn’t talked about as much as it should be, maybe because it’s often confused with its troublesome cousins, self-pity and self-indulgence.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Self-compassion is being willing to look at your mistakes or failures with kindness and understanding without harsh criticism or defensiveness. People who are self-compassionate…

— Anonymous

Self-compassion is how we recover.

— Sheryl Sandberg

“Compassion begins when we realise that we are all struggling in our own way”

— Mimi Novic

Compassion isn't some kind of self-improvement project or ideal that we're trying to live up to. Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion…

— Pema Chodron

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

— Dalai Lama

“The ability to be self-compassionate is closely linked to the ability to be compassionate toward others.”

— Carmel Sheridan