MAN CODES:
QUOTES BY PEOPLE WHO PROMOTE SELF-CARE Compiled by Bilal S. Akram
“Self-care has become a new priority – the revelation that it’s perfectly permissible to listen to your body and do what it needs.” - Frances Ryan
quires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.” - Parker Palmer
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee
“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.” – Andrew Carnegie
“Just because you take breaks doesn’t mean you’re broken.” - Curtis Tyrone Jones
“Just when you feel you have no time to relax, know that this is the moment you most need to make time to relax.” - Matt Haig
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” - Bell Hooks
“The body can endure practically anything pain, fatigue, you name it- but it’s the mind that matters.” - Dave Pelzer
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Joe Sabah
“How to heal: read books, listen to jazz, ride motorbikes, get tattooed” - Malebo Sephodi
“Nothing happens until something moves.” – Albert Einstein
“Sometimes feeling good isn’t about picking up more things to do, but about letting go of things that have nothing to do with you.” - Curtis Tyrone Jones
“Everyone should take time out once in a while to recharge and revitalize their energy.” - Michael Lee “Self-care is never a selfish act - it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it re-
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Proverbs 19:8- “To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who cherish understanding will prosper.” New Living Translation
