Do you often forget to look after yourself? Do you tend to ignore and put aside your needs so that you fit everyone else’s?
Taking the moments out of the day for some self-care is also self-prioritizing, but it’s not the same. What does it mean to prioritize yourself? How do you do it?
Self-prioritizing happens when you align your habits, actions, and desires according to your physical and mental wellbeing. Please, do not confuse it with being ignorant and neglecting the others around you. It just means that you matter, and you know it. It means that your happiness and welfare are just as important as everyone else’s.
How Do You Prioritise Yourself?
Finding the right way to prioritize yourself takes some practice, self-respect and compassion, confidence in your own beliefs, and strength to hold onto yourself.
Learning the right way to put yourself first is just a part of the journey. Sticking to that path is the real challenge.
To keep you inspired to put yourself first and listen to your own needs, I’ve gathered 77 prioritize yourself quotes. They are my favorite, and I hope they give you the initial push you might need to listen to yourself and grow.
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Do It For Yourself First Quotes
1. Know what matters most to you and be unwilling to compromise those priorities at almost any price. Frank Sonnenberg
2. Become the person you are trying to meet. Germany Kent
3. The key is to not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. Stephen R. Covey
4. If you are feeling low, or trampled, unappreciated, or forgotten…and you are reading this, realize it is an illusion…the hope is real…you are valued…and what lies ahead…is brilliance. Tom Althouse
5. Your personal growth is the only thing that matters. You own and write your story; no one else does. Believe in your unique steps up the mountain. Brittany Burgunder
6. You have a right to be you. It is a privilege for others to be around you. Janna Cachola
7. The biggest lie we fall for is that it doesn’t matter. Your opinion doesn’t matter. Your choices don’t matter. Your influence doesn’t matter. Your existence doesn’t matter. You don’t matter. It is the worst, most destructive lie we ever believe, and in consequence, it wreaks extensive damage to more lives than your own. Don’t fall for that evil lie. Don’t forget that everything about you absolutely does matter. Richelle E. Goodrich
8. Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
9. Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it. Marcus Aurelius
10. As you embrace this idea that you own your life, you begin to exercise dominion over it. Amy Leigh Mercree
Quotes on Prioritising Yourself
11. You & Your voice hold a value…
Your hurt & scars do Pain,
Your happiness is meant to shine…
Don’t let yourself go in Vain.
Please yourself before pleasing others,
You ain’t a possession of anyone,
Your life is for you to choose, it will be your fate.
Save yourself before it’s too late!
Somya Kedia
12. You don’t need to buy yourself something every day. But you want to give yourself a gift every day. Rachel Jo
13. You don’t need to live to fulfill other’s expectations. Live for yourself, love yourself, and do not let them tell you that it is selfish. Mridula Singh
14. Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw
15. If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong. Masaru Emoto
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16. Don’t dare to be different, dare to be yourself – if that doesn’t make you different then something is wrong. Laura Baker
17. If you drop the weight you are carrying, it is okay. You can build yourself back up out of the pieces. K. Ancrum
18. When someone does not value, appreciate and respect your love and friendship, it is a reflection of their own self-worth…not yours. Anthon St. Maarten
19. When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open. Dejan Stojanovic
20. When you start loving yourself and respecting your time and energy, things will change. Get to know your worth, and your value will go up. Germany Kent
Make Yourself a Priority Quotes
21. Caring for your body, mind, and spirit is your greatest and grandest responsibility. It’s about listening to the needs of your soul and then honoring them. Kristi Ling
22. It’s always ‘until,’ my dear. Until you value yourself. Until you find someone who values you. Until you stop letting your past dictate your future. Melanie A. Smith
23. Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace. Nikki Rowe
24. Be you, love you. All ways, always. Alexandra Elle
25. She decided that she wasn’t going to focus on always trying to please others. She felt determined to take the time to get to know, and love, herself. And she hoped that the warm glow of appreciation she always looked for might actually come from within. Phaedra Patrick
26. People pleasing and putting others first literally diminished my mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being. Overwhelmingly, most emotionally wounded people demonstrate this trait. Many of us have been programmed to put others first; to be of service to others before we serve ourselves. Christopher Dines
27. Evaluate your needs. What are they? Are they being met? If not, how can you meet your needs? Look after yourself and your needs before you try and look after others and their needs. You’ll be a lot more effective in whatever you do. Akiroq Brost
28. We can’t be all things to all people because we are everything to ourselves. Akiroq Brost
29. Taking a bath or touching a crystal won’t lead to total liberation under real oppression, but in order to care for others, we must first care for ourselves. Amy Leigh Mercree
30. I would no longer open my soul to people undeserving of it. Teresa Lo
Self-Care Quotes
31. When you prioritize yourself, everything else will fall into its place. Rachel Jo
32. We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. May Sarton
33. The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too. Ernest Hemingway
34. Don’t think about making life better for other people who don’t even deserve you, rather, focus on making your life the best, for yourself and those who love you. C. JoyBell C.
35. If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong. Masaru Emoto
36. You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about. Melissa de la Cruz
37. What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me. Hellen Keller
38. As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve. Suzanne Collins
39. Enjoying your own company is a chain of different actions, little steps you must make towards yourself. Learn to love who you are, and you will automatically start enjoying your own company. Rachel Jo
40. If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings. Nayyirah Waheed
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41. If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. Marvin Gaye
42. Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed. Ayn Rand
43. There’s something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. Drew Barrymore
44. I’ve tried to become someone else for a while, only to discover that he, too, was me. Stephen Dunn
45. The woman I was yesterday, introduced me to the woman I am today; which makes me very excited about meeting the woman I will become tomorrow. Poetic Evolution
46. If you own this story you get to write the ending. Brené Brown
47. Depression weighs you down like a rock in a river. You don’t stand a chance. You can fight and pray and hope you have the strength to swim, but sometimes, you have to let yourself sink. Because you’ll never know true happiness until someone or something pulls you back out of that river–and you’ll never believe it until you realize it was you, yourself who saved you. Alysha Speer
48. Write it on your heart you are the most beautiful soul of the Universe. Realize it, honor it and celebrate life. Amit Ray
49. Stop in somebody’s shadow to rest and cool down, and you are lost. No one can make anyone else happy. Peter Deunov
50. You can only get outside yourself by looking inside. Tonya Hurley
Self-Care and Priorities
51. You have to ask yourself two questions: Who am I? And how may I become myself? Paul Beatty
52. To deal with things knowledge of things is needed. To deal with people, you need insight, sympathy. To deal with yourself, you need nothing. Be what you are–conscious being–and don’t stray away from yourself. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
53. Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott
54. Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens. Louise Hay
55. If you do not respect your own wishes, no one else will. You will simply attract people who disrespect you as much as you do. Vironika Tugaleva
56. Drop the people who do not value you, respect you. Life has infinite horizons. Accept yourself, love yourself, and move forward. Amit Ray
57. You find a use for everything. Yet you discard yourself at every opportunity. Amanda Cox
58. Once we let go of our low self-esteem identity, the mind will have to start all over again, collecting new information about us and building a new identity. Yong Kang Chan
59. Your inner critic is simply a part of you that needs more self-love. Amy Leigh Mercree
60. All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves. We must die to one life before we can enter another Anatolè France
You Were Meant To Be The One
61. You are not an option, a choice or a soft place to land after a long battle. You were meant to be the one. If you can wrap yourself around the idea that you are something incredible, then you will stop excusing behavior that rapes your very soul. You were never meant to teach someone to love you. You were meant to be loved. Shannon L. Alder
62. Life’s trials will test you, and shape you, but don’t let them change who you are. Aaron Lauritsen
63. Love only yourself a little bit longer, until you can’t stand not to love someone else. Kiera Cass
64. Even when it seems that there is no one else, always remember there’s one person who never ceased to love you – yourself. Sanhita Baruah
65. Your body is not who you are. I don’t think women should label themselves based on the way they look. What about defining yourself by a different kind of measurement? What about your heart, your soul, your compassion, your generosity, your strength, and your power? There are so many other things to focus on besides your waistline. Mariska Hargitay
66. Until ‘you’ FULLY embrace who ‘you are’, no amount of money, no person, or external things will EVER make you happy or bring you peace. Yvonne Pierre
67. Respect, Love, and Value yourself. Always remember to be good to yourself by taking care of yourself. Make yourself a priority and know that it’s okay. Don’t feel guilty for loving yourself, first! You’re just as important as anybody else. Stephanie Lahart
68. Never force your way into a heart that refuses to make room for your presence. Respect your self-worth at all times. Edmond Mbiaka
69. And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. Haruki Murakami
70. Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. Roy T. Bennett
Last Prioritize Yourself Quotes
71. I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. Charlotte Brontë
72 .When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you. Lao Tzu
73. The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. Michel de Montaigne
74. How you treat yourself is how you treat God because you are the representative of God in your life. So when you put yourself last, you are putting God last. Iyanla Vanzant
75. Self-care is how you take your power back. Lalah Delia
76. The root of productivity is in personal priorities. Know what matters to you and why. Melissa Steginus
77. Be kind to yourself, dear—to our innocent follies. Forget any sounds or touch you knew that did not help you dance. You will come to see that all evolves us. Rumi
70 Prioritize Yourself Quotes To Inspire You To Put Yourself First
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